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Forbes Eadie Marshall

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S.S. Clan McNaughton, image courtesy of Great War Forum

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment: March 1914
  • Place of enlistment:
  • Service no: Boy First Class
  • Rank: J30332 Ch
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  • Regiment/Service: H.M.S. Clan McNaughton
  • Unit/Ship: Royal Navy
  • Place of Death: Lost at sea, off North West Scotland in bad weather.
  • Age at Death: 17
  • Date of Death: 03/02/1915
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  • Cemetery: Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent
  • Grave/Mem Ref no: Panel 10.

Personal Information

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  • Address: 49 Nelson Street, Tradeston, Glasgow.
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  • Siblings:

    Thomas G Marshall, 49 Nelson Street, Tradeston, Glasgow

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More about Forbes Eadie Marshall

Forbes E Marshall was the brother of Thomas G Marshall, 49 Nelson Street, Tradeston, Glasgow and he is connected to Dundee through his time onboard the Mars Training Ship. He joined the Royal Navy in March 1914 as a Boy Second Class. He then went to HMS Pembroke, the Naval Barracks in Chatham before being drafted to HMS Clan McNaughton, an Armed Merchant Cruiser in December. Forbes Marshall was lost with all of his shipmates when the Clan McNaughton was lost off North West Scotland in bad weather. The wreck has not been found. Forbes Marshall is commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial in Kent.

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