7264 Pte William Marney, 1st Bn, Northamptonshire Regt

7264 Pte William Marney of the 1st Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment, died on the 17th August 1914. He was born in Forest Gate, Essex and enlisted at Warley (Essex) in late 1903. He arrived in France on the 13th August 1914 and, according to his medal index card, committed suicide four days later. He is buried in Esqueheries Communal Cemetery in France.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

Sources:

Ancestry (MIC)
Soldiers Died in The Great War
Army Service Numbers
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission