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.