 Suffering from a bout of influenza and measles, she took a holiday in Bournemouth to convalesce.During the war, Bournemouth had become a garrison town, with most of the hotels taken over as billets for troops; one hotel, the Norfolk, on Richmond Hill near the town centre, stayed open to civilian guests, and this is where Marshall stayed.Only five minutes from her hotel was the seafront, where 100-foot sandy cliffs framed the beach, and were held back by a low sea wall with a promenade.