He was born on the 20th August, 1883, the only son of William Swaine Chisenhale-Marsh, of Gaynes Park, Theydon Garnon. He was commissioned in the 9th (Queen’s Royal) Lancers, and was attached to the 34th Division General Staff.
On the 28th September 1918 he was travelling on Wyschote Ridge near Ypres when a shell fell beside the road, killing him instantly. He was 35 years of age.
He left a widow and a son Hugh (born 1915), and he is commemorated on a brass plate in the nave of Theydon Garnon church, and also on the war memorial.
He is buried in the Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinge, Belgium
He was the brother-in-law of Major Adam Dickson Bell, of the 4th Hussars, and Lieutenant Harold Lucas, 2nd King Edwards’s Ghurka Rifles,who both lost their lives in the war. Both men are also commemorated on the memorial in Theydon Garnon church.
