Herbert Myers Marshall
Dental surgeon from Sunderland
While serving on His Majesties Hospital Ship China, Herbert was blown up by a mine along with three other members of the crew at Scarpa Flow.
Photographs of HMHS China:
http://www.qarnns.co.uk/history/world-war-1/
Discussion of the incident and memorial on Scottish War Memorials forum:
http://warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/warmemscot-ftopic6317.html
http://www.qaranc.co.uk/hospitalships.php
http://www.newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=9528
The National Archives, ADM 377/82/657
Civil Parish: Sunderland
Birth date: 1895-Jul-5
Death date: 1918-Aug-10
Armed force/civilian: Navy
Residence: 16 The Oaks East, Sunderland (1911 census)
Education: Bede Collegiate School, Sunderland
Organisation membership: Licentiate in Dental Surgery (http://www.qaranc.co.uk/hospitalships.php)
Employment: Dental Surgeon
Family: Parents: Septimus Marshall, Margaret Marshall
Siblings: Arthur Law Marshall, Jenny Maud Marshall, Hilda Margaret Marshall (1911 census)
Military service:
Tyneside Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, 22 Oct 1917
Victory VI, 13 Nov 1917 - 7 Mar 1918
Commissioned 20 Mar 1918
HMHS China
Memorial(s): Marshall Memorial Hall, Sunderland
Bede Collegiate School, Sunderland
Chatham Naval Memorial
Lyness, Hoy, Orkney
Gender: Male
Contributed by Durham County Record Office
