Roll of Honour of the 710 men of Hyde who fell in WW1
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Lewis Buckley MARSLAND
Private 97010 Lewis Buckley MARSLAND
Royal Army Medical Corps
Drowned, Friday 4th May 1917, At Sea off Italy, age 30
| Home address: | 61 Bennett Street, Newton, Hyde, Cheshire |
| Born: | 1887, Hyde, Cheshire |
| Parents: | Edith Marsland and William Marsland 12 Durham Street, Ashton-Under-Lyne, Lancashire |
| Marital status: | Married to Annie Marsland (née Burrows) 61 Bennet Street, Newton, Hyde, Cheshire |
| Occupation: | Insurance Agent, Prudential Assurance Company |
| Enlisted: | Hyde, Cheshire |
| Remembered: | Ramatuelle Communal Cemetery, Var, France |
| Link to Hyde: | Born in Hyde |
Brother to Lance Corporal 17571 Heywood Marsland.
He was a member of the Temperance Movement in Hyde.
He drowned when the Cunard Liner SS Transylvania sank near Genoa. 412 lives were lost when the liner was torpedoed by a German U-boat while carrying troups from Marseille to Alexandria.