Three: Quartermaster Sergeant A. E. Marshall, North Staffordshire Regiment, later Lancashire Fusiliers

Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (3101 L/Cpl. A. E. Marshall, 1/N. Staff: R); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (5994. C. Sjt. A. E. Marshall. Lanc: Fus.); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 1 clasp, Hafir (3101 Lce. Cpl. A. E. Marshall, 1st Battn. N.S. Rgt.) mounted court-style for display, edge bruising, contact marks, nearly very fine (3) £500-£700

Dix Noonan Webb, March 2010.

Arthur Ernest Marshall was born in Birmingham c. 1872. A Gun-Maker by occupation and a member of the 4th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment, he attested for the North Staffordshire Regiment at Birmingham on 11 July 1890, aged 18 years. With the North Staffordshire Regiment he served in South Africa from May 1892 to April 1893; in Malta from April 1893 to October 1895; in Egypt and the Sudan from October 1895 to April 1897, and attained the rank of Corporal in April 1897. Seeing active service in Sudan with the Dongola Expedition, he was awarded the Queen’s medal and the Khedive’s medal for Hafir. Returning home, he was then transferred to the 1st Class Army Reserve in July 1897, intending to join the Police.

Marshall rejoined the Colours under Army Order 23 of 1898 and was transferred as a Corporal to the Lancashire Fusiliers. He was appointed Lance-Sergeant in April 1898, and was promoted Sergeant in July of the same year, and Colour Sergeant in March 1900. With the Lancashire Fusiliers he served in Malta from August 1898 to November 1901, and in Barbados from November 1901 to August 1902. He was awarded a gratuity in July 1902 and awarded the Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal with gratuity per Army Order 270 of October 1909. He was discharged at Seaford, Sussex, having given notice, on 31 October 1912, becoming a Postman in civilian life.

On 8 September 1914, with the onset of war, Marshall attested for one year’s service in the Army Reserve (Special Reserve), aged 41 years, 11 months. Appointed a Quartermaster Sergeant in the Lancashire Fusiliers, he was discharged as medically unfit on 21 October 1914. He re-enlisted on 25 June 1917 and as a Company Quartermaster Sergeant in the Lancashire Fusiliers, he served at Home until discharged to the Class ‘Z’ Reserve on 4 June 1919.

Sold with a quantity of copied service papers and other research.