| Notes: | MMP. Awarded the 1915 Star, Victory and War Medals. First served abroad (3) Egypt, 1/1/1915. Formerly Pte 21 Lancers,No. 6706, transferred to MMP 24/9/1912. He was born enlisted, and resided in St Albans. Died, Nasrieh Hospital Cairo, Army Register of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929. Inscription on gravestone: One gift he had, one gift he gave, proudly exchanged for a Soldiers grave. Shown on casualty list E 9034 Nasrieh Schools Hospital, Cairo dated 4/8/1917 (No.94) received 5/8/1917, still dangerously ill but progressing favourably
Frederick Marsh.
He has the same No. as Sgt. C Palfrey. MFP.
He has the same No. as C/Sgt A J Richardson, MPSC.
Extract from the Middlesex Gazette 30 August 1902.
Charge of Stealing from the Colonials' Camp.
At the Wood Green Petty Sessions, Alfred Nicholls, 37, of Ranelagh Road, Wood Green was charged with stealing, on the 21st inst. from the military camp at the Alexander Palace, four canvass sheets, two pairs of boots, a bandolier and other articles, the property of the Secretary of State for War.
Sergt. Marsh of the Military Mounted Police, said that he saw prisoner leaving the camp with a trolley containing a quantity of dirty linen and in consequence of numerous complaints abut missing property witness examined the trolley and found the articles named in the charge, which were Government property. Prisoner was handed over to the civil police.
PS Webster, 12 Y, said that the prisoner when charged, said he had stolen nothing. The sheets were kicking about under his feet and the soldiers told him to take them away and that he bought the boots from a soldier.
Frederick George Sanders, a band boy in the Highland Light Infantry, said that the boots were given to him by an Australian and that he sold them to prisoner for 2s. 6d.
Prisoner stated on oath that the sheets were given to him and that he bought the boots from Sanders. His wife corroborated.
The Justices said that Sergt. Marsh had acted quite properly; but the charges had completely broken down, and would be dismissed.
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