THE MARSHALL BROTHERS' VICTORIAN OFFICER MEDALS TO THE 68TH FOOT (K.I.A. & D.O.D.)

Lieutenant James Marshall was the second of three sons of Thomas Horncastle Marshall, Judge of the County Courts of Yorkshire Leeds district.

Educated at Rugby School boarding at Mr. Major's, James went on to serve with the 68th Regiment in the Crimea, carrying the regimental colours at the Battle of Alma aged just 18 years, in action at the Battle of Inkermann and Killed in Action in the Redan trenches before Sebastopol when a fragment of shell struck him on the head on the 8 June 1855. He was aged aged 20 years and is buried on Cathcart's Hill and commemorated at the Parish Church, Leeds, Yorkshire.

James' younger brother, Arthur, served as a Captain with the 68th Light Infantry in New Zealand, present at the disasterous attack on Gate Pah, and was with the small force that took part in the victory at Te Ranga, serving throughout the West Coast campaign and present at the action at Kakaramea. Arthur subsequently served in India as Assistant Quartermaster General and died in service of cholera at Ahmedabad, East Indies on the 11 June 1875 aged 37.

A fine marble memorial hangs in St. Peter's Church, Leeds Minster, erected by the 'brother Officers of the 68th Light Infantry in affectionate remembrance of a gallant soldier and a beloved friend.'