Victoria Cross Holder is Dead
G. A. Marshall of Hamburg served in British Colonial Wars George A. Marshall, 78, who won the Victoria Cross, the highest award for valor in the British Army, will be buried in Prospect Lawn Cemetery, Hamburg, this afternoon.
Mr. Marshall had served with British forces in the Sudan, India and the Far East, and with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. He also held the Khedival Star, another military honor. For the last 40 years he had lived in Hamburg. Funeral services will be held at 2.30 at his home, 102 Union Street, Hamburg, with the Rev. P. W. Meisenheimer of St. James' Evangelical and Reformed Church officiating. Born in Hamsterly, County Durham, England, Mr. Marshall interrupted his studies at Oxford University to join the British Army and served in the Sudan. Later, he saw active service in India and the Orient. He settled in Buffalo in 1895. He was associated with the Singer Sewing Machine Company for many years.
He is survived by two sons, the Rev. Thomas R.. Marshall of Webster Groves, Mo., and George A. Marshall, Jr., of Hamburg; two daughters, Dorothy K. and Sarah F. Marshall, both of Hamburg; a sister, Mrs. Mary P. Lowe of Liverpool, England, and four grandchildren.
Wednesday, September 3, 1941
Buffalo NY Courier Express 1941
G. A. Marshall of Hamburg served in British Colonial Wars George A. Marshall, 78, who won the Victoria Cross, the highest award for valor in the British Army, will be buried in Prospect Lawn Cemetery, Hamburg, this afternoon.
Mr. Marshall had served with British forces in the Sudan, India and the Far East, and with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. He also held the Khedival Star, another military honor. For the last 40 years he had lived in Hamburg. Funeral services will be held at 2.30 at his home, 102 Union Street, Hamburg, with the Rev. P. W. Meisenheimer of St. James' Evangelical and Reformed Church officiating. Born in Hamsterly, County Durham, England, Mr. Marshall interrupted his studies at Oxford University to join the British Army and served in the Sudan. Later, he saw active service in India and the Orient. He settled in Buffalo in 1895. He was associated with the Singer Sewing Machine Company for many years.
He is survived by two sons, the Rev. Thomas R.. Marshall of Webster Groves, Mo., and George A. Marshall, Jr., of Hamburg; two daughters, Dorothy K. and Sarah F. Marshall, both of Hamburg; a sister, Mrs. Mary P. Lowe of Liverpool, England, and four grandchildren.
Wednesday, September 3, 1941
Buffalo NY Courier Express 1941
Victoria Cross Holder is Dead
G. A. Marshall of Hamburg served in British Colonial Wars George A. Marshall, 78, who won the Victoria Cross, the highest award for valor in the British Army, will be buried in Prospect Lawn Cemetery, Hamburg, this afternoon.
Mr. Marshall had served with British forces in the Sudan, India and the Far East, and with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. He also held the Khedival Star, another military honor. For the last 40 years he had lived in Hamburg. Funeral services will be held at 2.30 at his home, 102 Union Street, Hamburg, with the Rev. P. W. Meisenheimer of St. James' Evangelical and Reformed Church officiating. Born in Hamsterly, County Durham, England, Mr. Marshall interrupted his studies at Oxford University to join the British Army and served in the Sudan. Later, he saw active service in India and the Orient. He settled in Buffalo in 1895. He was associated with the Singer Sewing Machine Company for many years.
He is survived by two sons, the Rev. Thomas R.. Marshall of Webster Groves, Mo., and George A. Marshall, Jr., of Hamburg; two daughters, Dorothy K. and Sarah F. Marshall, both of Hamburg; a sister, Mrs. Mary P. Lowe of Liverpool, England, and four grandchildren.
Wednesday, September 3, 1941
Buffalo NY Courier Express 1941
G. A. Marshall of Hamburg served in British Colonial Wars George A. Marshall, 78, who won the Victoria Cross, the highest award for valor in the British Army, will be buried in Prospect Lawn Cemetery, Hamburg, this afternoon.
Mr. Marshall had served with British forces in the Sudan, India and the Far East, and with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. He also held the Khedival Star, another military honor. For the last 40 years he had lived in Hamburg. Funeral services will be held at 2.30 at his home, 102 Union Street, Hamburg, with the Rev. P. W. Meisenheimer of St. James' Evangelical and Reformed Church officiating. Born in Hamsterly, County Durham, England, Mr. Marshall interrupted his studies at Oxford University to join the British Army and served in the Sudan. Later, he saw active service in India and the Orient. He settled in Buffalo in 1895. He was associated with the Singer Sewing Machine Company for many years.
He is survived by two sons, the Rev. Thomas R.. Marshall of Webster Groves, Mo., and George A. Marshall, Jr., of Hamburg; two daughters, Dorothy K. and Sarah F. Marshall, both of Hamburg; a sister, Mrs. Mary P. Lowe of Liverpool, England, and four grandchildren.
Wednesday, September 3, 1941
Buffalo NY Courier Express 1941
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