Commemorated: | |||
Awards & Titles: | Member, Order of the British Empire | ||
Early Life :
Charles Beresford Marshall was the son of Newcastle architect Charles Thomas Marshall. He married Mary Aline Sutherland, b.1st January 1902, in Ponteland in Northumberland. [Nephew - H.Goodenough]Family :
-Education & Career :
Charles was educated at the Royal Grammar School, Newcastle, leaving in 1912.
In 1899, his father formed a partnership with William Tweedie.
Marshall set up a London branch of his father's architectural practice with his partner Lionel Fewster (1904 -57) in New Cavendish St in the 1920s.
They built Viceroy Court with its 84 luxury flats on Prince Albert Road in 1934 – 36. The contractor was John Mowlem & Co Ltd and the sole agents were John D Wood. The block had wonderful views of Regents Park and the London skyline beyond . Marshall himself lived in No 20.
Marshall designed the King's House for George V, 1935.
The Marshall & Tweedie partnership broke up in 1941 so that Marshall could rejoin the RAF, in which he had served in the First War. A Squadron Leader, he was killed by enemy action in an air raid in February 1944 and left an estate of £29,046.
Service Life:
Campaigns:
- The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.
- The Second World War 1939-1945, World-wide.
| Unit / Ship / Est.: Not Yet Known |
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| Action : Home Service - Enemy Air Raid |
He took up service again during the Second World War and was employed in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - Service No. 77717.
Gazetted a probationary Pilot Officer on 23 Feb 1941.
Detail :
Charles was killed in war service in an air raid in February 1944. He was living at Old Ferry Cottage, Shepperton at the time of his death and is buried in the old part of Shepperton cemetery.
Citations & Commemorations :
According to the CWGC site he was awarded an O.B.E., but it is more likely to have been the M.B.E. His medals and other effects were sold at auction by Mssrs. Lyon & Turnbull, 19th September, 2023 for £579."Lt. Charles Beresford Marshall, RAF. M.B.E., A.V.M., B.W.M., with signed certificate, Freedom of London certificate, Warrant holders' book; tennis medal 1924; a silver table cigarette box, engraved RAF crest and facsimile signatures of fellow officers and mascot "Chinok" and a smaller silver table cigarette box, his wife's SAFA badges; To George Wilson C.B.E., 1939-45 star, defence Medal, BWM., Territorial medal and bar George VI, with dress miniatures. To Grp. Ldr. Walter Goodenough, Defence Medal, B.W.M., Special Constabulary"
"Charles Marshall architect in Newcastle area and freedom and MBE awarded for his work in designing a grace and favour house for their majesties as a gift from the Empire in 1935. Originally built at the Empire exhibition and then rebuilt at Birhill Surrey. George Wilson Director of Royal Association of Disabilty and Rehabilitation (RADAR) now covering 800 charities world wide. Walter Goodenough, POW taken at Dunkirk and marched to Bavaria as member of Durham Light Infantry."
Masonic :
| Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
|---|---|---|
| Mother : | Gihon No. 49 E.C. | London |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
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Gihon Lodge "In February 1944 Squadron Leader Charles Beresford Marshall was killed."
Source :
The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- The (UK) National Archives
- Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
- ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry
Additional Source:
- Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
- Researcher : Bruce Littley