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Remembering World War I
Yarmouth Connections
Name:
Lloyd Hastings Marshall
Regimental Number:
734265
Rank:
Private
Battalion/Service:
112th Battalion/Royal Canadian Regiment
Date of Birth:
October 21, 1892
Place of Birth:
Bear River, NS
Date of Enlistment:
March 13, 1916
Place of Enlistment:
Yarmouth, NS
Address at Enlistment:
Yarmouth, NS
Age at Enlistment:
23
Height: 5 Feet 6 Inches
Complexion: fair
Eyes: blue
Hair: black
Previous Military:
29th Battery, Canadian Field Artillery
Trade:
Steamship Waiter
Marital Status:
Single
Religion:
Baptist
Next of Kin:
William Henry Marshall (Father) Yarmouth, NS
Date of Death:
September 28, 1918 (Cambrai)
Age at Death:
25
Cemetery:
Raillencourt Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France
Grave Reference:
Plot: I. A. II.
Commemorated on Page 467 of the First World War Book of Remembrance
Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on October 4
Listed on the Nominal Roll of the 112th Battalion.
Commemorated on the Yarmouth Monument
Lloyd H. Marshall was the son of William H. and Lillian Marshall, of Yarmouth South, NS.
He had joined the Stewards’ Department of the steamer SS Prince George and resigned that position to
join the 112th Battalion.
Completing initial training in Canada, he embarked Halifax on the SS Olympic on July 18, 1916 and
disembarked at Liverpool on July 31, 1916 At Camp Bramshott in England he was reassigned from the
112th Battalion to the 26th Reserve Battalion and on April 13, 1917 to Royal Canadian Regiment. He
crossed to France and joined his unit in the field on August 1, 1917.
He died of wounds in the field, received in action on September 18, 1918 during an attack east of
Bourlon, France.
Lloyd Hastings Marshall