b. 07/1857 Mansfield, Derbyshire. d. 25/07/1892 Polesworth, Warwickshire.
DATE OF AM ACTION: 02/05/1882 Baddesley Colliery, Warwickshire.
Frederick Marsh was born in 1857 in Mansfield, the fourth of five children of Samuel and Hannah Bacon Marsh (nee Knowles). His mother died in 1876 when he was 19, and in April 1880, he married Anne L Hinton in Nottingham. Tragically, his wife died the following year only a few months after giving birth to their daughter Florence Hannah Bacon Marsh on 2nd January 1881. On 25th August 1885, Frederick married for a second time to Emily Jones in Polesworth, Warwickshire. They had two children, Frederick Ina (born 1887) and Ethel Kate (born 1892). Frederick died aged just 35 on 25th July 1892, only a few months after Ethel’s birth, and was buried on 29th July in Polesworth Cemetery.
AM CITATION:
THE^Queen has been graciously pleased to confer “The Albert Medal” on the following persons, for conspicuous gallantry displayed on the occasion of the Fire and Explosion at the Baddesley Colliery in May last:— ” The Albert Medal of the First Class.” Mr. Reuben Smallman, Mining Engineer. Mr. Arthur Henry Stokes, Inspector of Mines. Charles Day, Collier. Charles Chetwynd, Collier. The Albert Medal of the Second Class.” Mr. Samuel Spruce, Mining Engineer. Mr. Frederick Samuel Marsh, Certified Colliery Manager. Mr. Thomas Harry Mottram, Certified CollieryManager. William Morris, Collier. William Pickering, Collier. Joseph Chetwynd, Collier.
BURIAL LOCATION: POLESWORTH CEMETERY, POLESWORTH, WARWICKSHIRE.
LOCATION OF MEDAL: UNKNOWN.
