Marsden. Wilfred Ernest

Was born in Barnsley and enlisted at Doncaster, he was killed in action on the 8th May, 1915, while serving on the Western Front.

 

Memorial Plaque, St Peter's Church, Tankersley

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Plaque  reads,

For God and Country
Their Name Liveth for Evermore

In proud and
greateful memory of the gallant
men of Tankersley who fell in
The Great War 1914 - 19

"But the men were very good
unto us, and we were not hurt,
they were a wall unto us
both by night and day" 

Picture by George Horner

 

 

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Wilfred Ernest Marsden's name,

Menin Gate Memorial,

Ieper, Belgium. 

Picture by June & Peter  Marsden

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