36219 James Marlow

36219 James Marlow born in 1896 in Burton-on-Trent. He was one of five children to David and Clare Marlow of Lock Side, Rode Heath. James was 5 feet 3 ¾ inches tall, weighed 123lbs and had a scar on the inside of left leg above the ankle and another scar over his right eye. His occupation was a boatman and he was unmarried.

James enlisted on 14/03/1916 in Congleton. Part of his Military Service Record is as follows: Home (Home means in Britain) 14/03/1916-15/06/1916, embarked for France on 16/06/1916. On the 18^th July 1916 he was posted to 13^th Battalion in the field, then on the 23^rd July posted to the 10^th Battalion in the field.

On the 19^th December 1916 he was given a 7-day sentence C.B (confined to Barrack) for misconduct. James died from wounds on the 20/02/1917.

James father David had to sign a “Statement of the names & address of all relatives of James who where still living” this form was dated 20^th June 1920, James father signed his name with an X and someone had written next to the X “the mark off David Marlow”.