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The picture, scroll and memoriam card were sent to me by, Margaret and Frank Little, of St. Georges Basin, NSW Australia.

Pte. Charles Henry Marsh
East Kent Regiment.
6th Bn. The Buffs.

Charles was killed in action at the Battle of Loos and the subsequent Action of Hohenzollern redoubt. On the 13th October 1915. Age 19.

On the 8^th Oct 1915. The 12^th Division (to include 6^th Buffs) repelled a heavy German infantry attack.

Five days later on the 13^th Oct 1915. The 12th Division took part in a large scale action to renew the offensive, now called the "Action of the Hohenzollern Redoubt". The Division succeeded in capturing Gun Trench and the south western face of the Hulluch Quarries. During this period at Loos, 117 officers and 3237 men were killed or wounded. By the end of 21^st Oct 1915. The Division had been relieved and moved to Fouquieres-les-Bethune.

"Steady The Buffs" was the Regiments Motto,

I will post the war diary when I can find it.

The Loos Memorial forms the side and back of Dud Corner Cemetery, and commemorates over 20,000 officers and men who have no known grave, who fell in the area from the River Lys to the old southern boundary of the First Army, east and west of Grenay. Loos-en-Gohelle is a village 5 kilometres north-west of Lens, and Dud Corner Cemetery is located about 1 kilometre west of the village, to the north-east of the N43 the main Lens to Bethune road.

The Memorial Scroll for Charles.

Charles Henry MARSH – was the 7th child of William & Emily MARSH nee HICKS, born 14 May 1896 and died 10th October 1915 in France.
When in England in 1995 Charles’ youngest sibling, Olive, his niece Jacki and nephew Stan, were overwhelming with their generosity in giving us a photograph of Charles in uniform, the Scroll that all deceased soldiers families were issued with and a letter dated 20 Jan 1921 received from the Record Office that accompanied the British War Medal and was sent to his mother, as well as a Memorial Card for Charles. A friend was able to locate a death notice in the Dover Express, inserted by his friend E.H.C. (not known who this may have been). No one seems to know what happened to Charles medals. I was unable to identify Charles in The National Archives medal card listing. By, Margaret Little.

The pictures above are the copyright of Margaret and Frank Little.