Marshall's Battlefields

05/09/2023

At the Carrière Wellington.
The temperature outside is 30 degrees. My guests were pleased to be informed that the temperature is 11 degrees underground.

30/04/2023

Last week’s Anzac Day commemorations at Bullecourt, to which, I escorted two Australian ladies.
As always, when local people discover Australians in their village, a warm welcome was freely given.

22/04/2023

Despite the damp start to the day, my group, from were completely engaged with the doings of ‘their’ Pals battalions at on the First day of the .

09/04/2022

Marshall’s Battlefields clients wander and ponder, deep in thought last week after hearing of the epic tragedy that was the 31st Division’s attack towards Serre at the opening of during This was the first of the year, and was an unqualified success. The clients have said they will book with again before the summer is over. To discover your family’s history, get in contact here or via the website.
I look forward to hearing from you and working with you to discover your

09/12/2021

https://www.marshallsbattlefields.com/blog/submitting-a-case-of-non-commemoration-to-the-commonwealth-war-graves-commission

09/12/2021

https://www.marshallsbattlefields.com/blog/the-barnbow-explosion-december-1916-and-its-devastation-of-a-leeds-family

An account of how the December 1916 explosion at the Barnbow Shell Filling Factory happened, and its effect on one family from Leeds.

15/03/2021

Another satisfied customer for with the completion of another commission.
The subject was the client’s great grandfather who enlisted in 1899 and served 4 years with 11th in Egypt and Ireland before transferring to 15th Hussars for service in India, returning to England in 1908 and transfer to the Reserve. When came, he re-enlisted, joining 14th Reserve Regt at Longmoor, before transferring to the Army Service Corps Remounts Service, serving at before being posted to Indian Remounts Depot at near for the last two years of the war. He left the with the rank of .
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03/03/2021

The Stewarts of Leeds - One Family’s Experience of War and Loss. A new post has been added to the section of the website, telling the story of the eight Stewart brothers during the and the devastation that was heaped upon their parents as they lost five of their sons to . Told in greater detail than ever before by Marshall’s Battlefields.

03/03/2021

A new post has been added to the blog section of the Website. Entitled 'The Stewarts of Leeds - One Family's Experience of War and Loss' looks at the war-time careers of the eight Stewart brothers and the devastation wrought on the family by the loss of five of them.
For a long time the family has been acknowledged as the one that lost the most sons from Leeds, but sadly, the loss of five sons from one family was not unique.

https://www.marshallsbattlefields.com/blog/the-stewarts-of-leeds-one-familys-experience-of-war-and-loss

The Stewarts of Leeds - One Family's Experience of War and Loss Close to the New Adel Lane boundary of the 1910 extension to Lawnswood Cemetery, in Leeds, stands a pristine, white headstone dedicated to the Stewart family. Recorded in lead lettering is a roll call of the five Stewart brothers who di...