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{{ViceRN}} (retired) '''Herbert John Temple Marshall''', R.N. (6 May, 1870 &ndash; 12 October, 1952) was an officer in the [[Royal Navy]].

==Life & Career==
The son of a Lieutenant of unknown service, Marshall was born in Poulton Priory, in Fairfield.  He gained ten months' time on passing out of {{UK-1Britannia}} in July, 1885.  His first appointment was to the {{UK-Sultan}} of the [[Channel Squadron]], dated 20 August, 1885.  Prompted to {{MidRN}} on 15 September, he was soon appointed to {{UK-1Audacious}}, in China, on 2 November, 1885.<ref>Marshall Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/110.|D7602454}} f. 117.</ref>

Marshall was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 30 June, 1892.  He received uniformly positive inspections in {{UK-Ringdove}}, in which he was appointed on 30 June, 1892.<ref>Marshall Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/110.|D7602454}} f. 117.</ref>

After service appointments in {{UK-1Australia}}, {{UK-1Brisk}} and short courses in gunnery and torpedoes at {{UK-Excellent}},<ref>Marshall Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/110.|D7602454}} f. 117.</ref> Marshall was appointed in command of the {{UK-1Ferret|f=t}} on 15 September, 1898.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 27 July, 1898.  Issue '''35579''', col E, p. 10.</ref>  Marshall appears to have lucked out, as there is not a word of this mishap in his service record.

On 11 February, 1899 while returning with other T.B.Ds. of her flotilla to Devonport after a cruise in the Channel, {{UK-1Ferret}}'s propeller entangled the painter of a boat, smashing the boat and throwing the three occupants into the drink.  The men were rescued with some difficulty by {{UK-1Seal}} under the command of [[John Campbell Watson]].  As this occurred, the two destroyers came together, damaging ''Seal's'' stern plates and ''Ferret's'' torpedo tubes.  Both ships were taken into Devonport Dockyard to have their damage repaired.{{NMI|Monday, Feb 13, 1899; pg. 7; Issue 35751}}

Marshall was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 30 June, 1904.  While a commander, he served in {{UK-1Hermes}} in the [[Channel Fleet]] and then in {{UK-1RoyalOak}} and {{UK-Ocean}} which had but [[Nucleus Crewing|nucleus crews]].  Upon completing his appointment in ''Ocean'' on 11 February 1908 Marshall undertook a War Course and more torpedo and gunnery training before working with the [[Naval Intelligence Department (Royal Navy)|Naval Intelligence Department]], providing special intelligence services.  In August of 1908, he was appointed to {{UK-Victory}} for six months study of the Danish language.  This assignment seemed to offer him a chance to collect vital intelligence information, as on 1909, Marshall was thanked for providing a useful report on the port of Helsingor in easternmost Denmark where it nearly meets Sweden.<ref>Marshall Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/110.|D7602454}} f. 117.</ref>

Marshall was appointed as executive officer in the {{UK-Proserpine|f=t}}, assigned to the [[East Indies Station]] on 30 July, 1909.  On 2 November, 1910, a telegram to the Admiralty reported that Marshall had been wounded in the leg by rifle fire in a skirmish with Afghans while landed at Bris, Persia near Chakbar (perhaps the port now known as Chabahar) as part of an effort to interdict arms trafficking.  By the 7th, he was reportedly doing well, with a transverse fracture of the tibia.  He was back aboard ''Proserpine'' by the 10th and was granted a "Hurt Certificate".<ref>Marshall Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/110.|D7602454}} f. 117.</ref>

Marshall was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 22 June, 1911.<ref>Marshall Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/110.|D7602454}} f. 117.</ref>

He was appointed in command of the {{UK-Cressy|f=t}} on 31 May, 1913.{{NLJul13|p. 297}}

==Great War==
Marshall was appointed in command of the {{UK-Psyche|f=t}} on 14 February, 1914 and made the Principal Naval Officer, New Zealand Division, assuming command of the Division on 22 April.  He returned home in November 1914, and on 14 March, 1915 was appointed in command of the {{UK-EdinburghCastle|f=t}}.  A telegram sent on 8 April, 1915 informed him that he was to wait for her to meet him at St. Vincent at Cape de Verde.<ref>Marshall Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/110.|D7602454}} f. 117.</ref>

By 8 June, 1917, Marshall was tired of his work in {{UK-EdinburghCastle}} and he asked for command in a "later and more powerful vessel in Home Waters", being told that he would be considered alongside others after suitable relief for him was found.<ref>Marshall Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/110.|D7602454}} f. 117.</ref>

Marshall was superseded in command of ''Edinburgh Castle'' in February, 1918 but did not finally leave the ship until 27 April, 1918, two days after acting Captain [[Rupert Stanley Gwatkin-Williams|Gwatkin-Williams]] joined the ship.<ref>[http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-08-HMS_Edinburgh_Castle2.htm Ship's Log].</ref>

==Post-War==
On 14 September, 1920 Marshall informed the Admiralty that he would like to be retired after he was promoted to Rear-Admiral.  Consequently, following a brief final appointment in command of the {{UK-Yarmouth|f=t}}, Marshall was promoted to the rank of {{RearRN}} on 19 November, 1921 and was placed on the Retired List at his own request the following day.<ref>Marshall Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/110.|D7602454}} f. 117.</ref>

Marshall was promoted to the rank of {{ViceRN}} on the Retired List on 25 October, 1926.<ref>Marshall Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/110.|D7602454}} f. 117.</ref>

==See Also==
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* [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_rv=simple&_q=ADM+Herbert+John+Temple+Marshall Service Records]
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