| Charles Frederick Marshall was the youngest son of Charles and Mary Marshall. Charles Marshall and Mary Forbes were married on 1st January 1886 in the district of Omagh.
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| Charles Frederick was born on 17th August 1889. Charles was the youngest of three children, all born in the Omagh area.
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| Family: Charles Marshall, Mary Marshall, Robert Lyons Marshall (born 11th March 1887), William Forbes Marshall (born 8th May 1888), Charles Frederick Marshall (born 17th August 1889).
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| Charles’s mother died when he was young. The best fit that can be found on GRONI is a Mary Marshall who died on 12th July 1893 in Omagh, aged 36
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| The 1901 census lists Charles Frederick as age 11 living with the family at house 64 in Sixmilecross, County Tyrone. His mother had died. His father was a teacher at the National School, Sixmilecross.
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| Frederick attended the Royal School Dungannon between 1903 and 1905.
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| By the time of the 1911 census, Frederick no longer lived with the family.
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| Frederick emigrated to the United States of America.
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| In 1914, Frederick returned to Ireland to enlist.
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| Private Charles Frederick Marshall arrived in France with the Royal Munster Fusiliers on 17th December 1915.
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| Private Charles Frederick Marshall was serving with 'A' Company of the 8th Battalion of the Royal Munster Fusiliers when he was killed in action on Saturday 9th September 1916 in France.
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| From the Mid Ulster Mail dated Saturday 7th October 1916:
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| MARSHALL - Killed in action on September 9, Charles Frederick Marshall, Royal Munster Fusiliers, youngest son of Charles Marshall, Sixmilecross, and brother of Rev Dr Marshall, Maghera.
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| In his will, dated 18th January 1916, Private Marshall left his effects to his brother who was by then Rev Robert Lyons Marshall of The Manse, Maghera.
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| Last Will and Testament of Frederick Marshall:
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| In the event of my death, I give the whole of my property and effects to Rev R L Marshall, The Manse, Maghera, Co Derry, Ireland. Frederick Marshall, Private No 3936, 8th Royal Munster Fusiliers. 18th January 1916.
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| Private Charles Frederick Marshall has no known grave and is commemorated on Thiepval Memorial.
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| The CWGC record Private Marshall as the son of Charles Marshall, of Sixmilecross, Co. Tyrone, and the late Mary Marshall. He came from U.S.A. in 1914 to serve. He was educated at the Royal School, Dungannon, Co Tyrone.
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| Many thanks to Paul Kerr and the Royal School Dungannon for his research and all the information provided. Private Charles Frederick Marshall is listed on page 40 of the Royal School Dungannon WWI book
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