Eric Marshall

Eric Marshall
Marshall in 1908
Born(1879-05-29)29 May 1879
Hampstead, Surrey, England
Died26 February 1963(1963-02-26) (aged 83)
EducationMonkton Combe School
Emmanuel College, Cambridge
St Bartholomew's Hospital
Occupations
  • Army doctor
  • explorer
Military career
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service / branchBritish Army
RankLieutenant Colonel
UnitRoyal Army Medical Corps
British North Russian Expeditionary Force
Battles / warsFirst World War
Second World War
AwardsCBE
Order of St Stanislaus
Mentioned in dispatches

Lieutenant Colonel Eric Marshall CBE MC (29 May 1879 – 26 February 1963) was a British Army doctor and Antarctic explorer with the Nimrod Expedition led by Ernest Shackleton in 1907–09, and was one of the party of four men (Marshall, Shackleton, Jameson Adams and Frank Wild) who reached Furthest South at 88°23′S 162°00′E / 88.383°S 162.000°E / -88.383; 162.000 on 9 January 1909.