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.