241660 Pte. William Arthur Marston British Army 2nd Btn. North Staffordshire Regiment from:Willenhall, West Midlands My Granddad Bill Marston, served originally in the East Surrey Regiment before being transferred over too the 2nd Battalion of the North Staffordshires. He was a Bren Gunner. I was told he had been shot a couple of times in action and on the one occasion blown up by a land mine, he had been left for dead until his comrade turned his knife on the medical orderly and demanded they take him, luckily he survived. He went on to serve in Palestine and was demobbed in 1947 or 48.
If anybody knows any veterans who may of known him or had mentioned him it would be nice to know.
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