Service
1851 Census
Pockthorpe Cavalry Barracks, Norwich.
Arthur W Saltmarshe, 20, Cornet, born Nova Scotia.
There was originally no information about Lieutenant Saltmarshe in the EJBA. When he started researching the field, James Boys included only those men he knew from records had actually arrived in the Crimea. He later accepted that this was too restrictive, but was unable to add all the men who embarked for but did not reach the Crimea. Many, for example, died en route at Varna, Bulgaria, where epidemic diseases such as cholera were rife in the camps. The current editors are intending to include these men, and will be adding information as soon as possible.
1841 Census
Cheam School, Cheam, Epsom, Surrey.
Arthur Saltmarshe, 10, Pupil.
1851 Census
Pockthorpe Cavalry Barracks, Norwich.
Arthur W Saltmarshe, 20, Cornet, born Nova Scotia.
From our Special Correspondent [William Russell]
Varna Bay, Varna, Sept 4. [1854]
Poor Colonel Boyle! Who does not remember the boyish-looking member for Frome, as he walked quietly about the house, or bustled through the lobbies on state occasions, the gentlest and most amiable of men ? He, too, is dead. He sank yesterday (Sunday Sept. 3d), under the attacks of fever. By the directions of Admiral Dundas, to whom he was related and to whom a telegraph had been sent from Varna to Baltschik for instructions his body was placed in a boat, taken out a little way to sea, and thrown overboard.
The same day Lieutenant A. Saltmarshe, of the 11th Hussars, died of cholera. He appeared in excellent health and spirits the evening previously.
[Source: "The embarkation of the army from Varna, for the Crimea", from The Times (B), 4 September 1854 — transcribed and annotated by Tony Margrave.]
Additional Census information for 1841 and 1851 kindly provided by Chris Poole.