Gerry Marshall, English race car driver and journalist (b. 1941)
Gerry Marshall or Gerald Dallas Royston Marshall (16 November 1941 – 21 April 2005) was a British saloon car racing driver. He was commonly referred to by the nickname Big Gerry. According to a 2002 edition of Motor Sport Magazine poll, he was one of the best drivers of all time. According to the 28 August 2019 edition of Motorsport News, he is the United Kingdom's number one British motorsport hero. He was awarded the BARC Gold Medal in 2002, the first saloon car driver to be presented with the honour and was a life member of the prestigious BRDC. He took 625 overall and class wins and countless championship wins throughout his motor racing career.
He was also well known in motoring circles for his successful car dealership, Marshall Wingfield, originally located on the Finchley Road, London, before moving to Brook Street in Tring and through his adult life lived in Harrow, Chiswell Green, Bricket Wood, Hemel Hempstead, Northchurch, Aston Clinton and Pitstone.
His ashes are buried at St. Leonards Church in Southoe, where his grandparents are also buried, and this is where he was relocated to during the Second World War WWII and an area that he knew well.