| The History of Coagh booklet lists Private Joseph Marshall as having served with the 1st Battalion of the Royal Irish Fusiliers in the war.
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| The only Private Joseph Marshall that can be found from the local area was from the Moneymore area.
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| Joseph Marshall was the son of Joseph and Sarah Marshall. Joseph Marshall and Sarah Brannon / Brennan were married on 4th July 1883 in the district of Cookstown.
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| Joseph Marshall was born on 5th January 1893. He was one of six children, all born in the Moneymore area.
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| Family: Joseph Marshall, Sarah Marshall, Robert Marshall (born 17th August 1883, died 17th August 1883), Robert Marshall (born 11th October 1884), Sarah Marshall (born 3rd June 1887), Catherine Marshall (born 30th July 1890), Joseph Marshall (born 5th January 1893), Bridget A Marshall (born 14th February 1897), Maggie Marshall (born 27th December 1898).
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| The 1901 census lists Joseph as age 8, living with the family at house 16 in Hammond Street, Moneymore. His father was a farm labourer.
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| The 1911 census does not list Joseph as living with the family at house 6 in Stonard Street, Moneymore.
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| It is believed that around this time, Joseph joined the army.
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| Previous to the war Private Joseph Marshall was serving with the Royal Irish Fusiliers in India.
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| 1914
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| On the outbreak of war, his regiment was sent directly to France.
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| 1915
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| A newspaper report in January 1915 records that Private Marshall was in hospital with frostbitten limbs.
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| From the Belfast Newsletter dated 26th January 1915:
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| Mr Joseph Marshall, Stonard Street, Moneymore, has received notification that his son, Private Joseph Marshall, 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers, is in hospital with frostbitten limbs. Previous to the war Private Marshall was serving in India.
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| In March 1915 he returned home on furlough after being in hospital suffering from frostbitten limbs for seven weeks.
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| From the Belfast Newsletter dated 12th March 1915:
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| Private Joseph Marshall, 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers, who had been in hospital suffering from frostbitten limbs for the past seven weeks, has arrived home in Moneymore on sick furlough. Marshall went direct from India to the Continent.
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| He returned to the front afterwards.
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| 1916
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| A newspaper report in April 1916 records that Private Marshall had been severely wounded in his right foot and that it was amputated. He was at time in hospital.
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| From the Belfast Newsletter dated 14th April 1916:
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| Intimation was received yesterday by his parents in Moneymore that Private Joseph Marshall, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, was so severely wounded in his right foot that it had to be amputated. He is in hospital and is progressing favourably.
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| From the Belfast Newsletter dated 14th April 1916:
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| Intimation was received yesterday by his parents in Moneymore that Private Joseph Marshall, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, was so severely wounded in his right foot that it had to be amputated. He is in hospital and is progressing favourably.
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| From the Mid Ulster Mail dated 15th April 1916: Moneymore Soldier Seriously Wounded
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| Intimation was received on 13th April by his parents in Moneymore that Private Joseph Marshall, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, was so severely wounded in his right foot that it had to be amputated. He is in hospital and is progressing favourably. Private Marshall has been at the front since shortly after the outbreak of the war, his regiment having been sent from India where it had been stationed. He was home on furlough a short time ago.
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| From the Mid Ulster Mail dated 15th April 1916: Moneymore
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| Private Joseph Marshall, who was so badly wounded in the foot some months ago that it had to be amputated, arrived home last week in the best of spirits. At the outbreak of the war Private Marshall proceeded with his regiment to France from India, where it was then stationed. He saw a great deal of tough fighting before being wounded.
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| Private Marshall thereafter was equipped with a wooden leg and was discharged from the army.
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| 1918
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| A report from 1918 records that he was living in Maghadone, just outside Moneymore.
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| From the Mid Ulster Mail dated 3rd October 1918: Moneymore Petty Sessions – Another has been discharged
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| Constable Shaw charged Joseph Marshall, Maghadone, with drunkenness and disorderly conduct on 21st September, and with assaulting the police officer after arrest. The complainant said the man was very drunk, and was disorderly by using party expressions. The defendant admitted the charges. Mr Connor, D.L., said the man was an ex-soldier, and had a wooden leg. The police did not wish to press charges. Chairman:- ‘If we adjourn the case will you promise to conduct yourself in future?’ Defendant:- ‘Yes sir’. Adjourned for three months.
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| J Marshall is listed on the World War One memorial tablet inside the Assembly Rooms in Moneymore which lists the men from the area who served during the war.
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| World War Two
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| From the Mid Ulster Mail dated 29th July 1944: Rifleman Gerald Marshall (son of Private Joseph Marshall)
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| Rifleman Gerald Marshall, Royal Ulster Rifles, son of Mr and Mrs George Marshall, of Ruskey, Coagh, has been wounded in Normandy, and is now in an English hospital. His brother is serving in Burma. His father was severely wounded in the last war and had to have a leg amputated.
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