Source: 18th Battalion Nominal Roll, April 1915.
Family Search: When Private Bert Marsden was born on 2 February 1886, in Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Frank Marsden, was 24 and his mother, Anna M Parfitt, was 26. He married Jennie Fillingham on 10 April 1912, in Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Wandsworth, London, England, United Kingdom in 1901 and Windsor, Sandwich, Essex, Ontario, Canada for about 17 years. He registered for military service in 1914. In 1931, at the age of 45, his occupation is listed as machinist. He died on 31 January 1940, in Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 53, and was buried in Windsor Grove Cemetery, Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 