Warwickshire Regt., 6th _s._ of the Rev. Edward Thory Marshall,
M.A., Vicar of Sutton-in-the-Isle, Hon. Canon of Ely, by his wife, Lucy
Charlotte Emma, dau. and co-heiress of the Rev. Charles Henry Knight,
of Barrells, Warwickshire; _b._ Manea, Isle of Ely, 28 Jan. 1887;
educ. Stancliffe Hall School and Repton; and Camborne School of Mines;
volunteered on the outbreak of war, and joined the Empire Battn. Royal
Fusiliers, Sept. 1914, as a Motor-cycle Despatch Rider; was given a
commission as 2nd Lieut. Royal Warwickshire Regt. 25 Jan. 1915, and
promoted Capt. 7 Aug. 1915; left for Gallipoli, 19 June, 1915, and
took part in both evacuations at the end of the year; was specially
mentioned for gallant and distinguished conduct in the field, in Gen.
Monro’s Despatches from the Dardanelles; joined Mesopotamian Relief
Force, March, 1916, and died in Hospital on 6 April of wounds received
the previous day at Falahiyeh (El Hannel); _unm._ In reporting
his death, Col. Gordon wrote: “We are all most deeply grieved. He
led his company most gallantly at Falahiyeh, and in no small measure
contributed to the brilliant success and capture of the Turkish
trenches. He was one of the noblest men I have ever known, brave to a
fault, modest, warmhearted, cheerful when everyone else was depressed,
enduring and the most capable leader of men. His company was devoted
to him, and all wanted to stay by him on his stretcher.” A brother
officer wrote: “At Suvla, when most people fell sick, he was one of the
mainstays of the battn., and kept things going when most others were
ready to give in. I can remember how at one time he hung on with great
grit against an overcoming sickness which would have sent others down
to the hospital ship.” Another letter said: “All his men worshipped
him, and would have followed him anywhere.” An officer wounded in
Gallipoli told how Capt. Marshall practically saved his life by ripping
the fleecy lining out of his coat and sending him down to the hospital
in it. His brother, Capt. J. E. Marshall, was also killed in action
(see his notice).
[Illustration: =Evelyn Saffrey Marshall.=]
=MARSHALL, GEORGE FREDERICK=, Private, No. 11469, 2nd Battn.
Coldstream Guards, 3rd _s._ of John William Marshall, by his
wife, Isabella (41, Curzon Street, Birmingham), dau. of William Hoare;
_b._ Birmingham, 30 May, 1890; educ. Cowper Street Council School
there; was a Brass Polisher; enlisted 5 Sept. 1914; went to the Front,
5 Jan. 1915, and was killed in action at Cambrin, 9 July, 1915, by
a rifle grenade while on sentry duty; _unm._ An officer of his
battn. wrote to his brother: “He was killed by a rifle grenade which
fell into the trench close by him, but as he was shot through the heart
death must have been instantaneous and quite painless.... Ever since I
have known him, some three months, your brother did well in everything,
being one of the first to volunteer for a patrol about five weeks
ago, and, which is a more difficult thing than any momentary act of
bravery, whether in the trenches or in billets, he invariably did his
duty cheerfully and willingly, an excellent example to all. He will be
buried in Cambrin Churchyard, a village close to Bethune.”
[Illustration: =George Frederick Marshall.=]
=MARSHALL, GEORGE GARTH=, Lieut., 11th Hussars, 2nd _s._
of Victor Alexander Ernest Garth Marshall, of Monk Coniston, co.
Lancaster, by his wife, Victoria Alberta Alexandrina, eldest dau.
of Gen. the Hon. Sir Alexander Hamilton-Gordon, K.C.B., M.P., and
granddau. of George, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, K.G., K.T., P.C., Prime
Minister (1852–55); _b._ South Kensington, 6 Dec. 1884; educ.
Marlborough; joined the Lancashire R.F.A. (Militia) in 1904, and
was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to 11th Hussars, 20 Dec. 1907, and promoted
Lieut. 16 Sept. 1909. He was stationed in Dublin, and afterwards at
Shorncliffe and Aldershot, and was appointed A.D.C. to Gen. Sir E. H.
Allenby, K.C.B., commanding Cavalry Corps just before the outbreak of
war. He went to France in Aug. 1914, served in the retreat from Mons,
the advance to the Aisne, and the movement to the Calais front, and
was killed in Ypres by a shell while carrying a despatch to Gen. Haig,
commanding 1st Army Corps, on 6 Nov. 1914. Gen. Allenby wrote: “He
was a devoted A.D.C., indefatigable and capable.” A brother officer
wrote: “If there is a consolation it is in the memory of his example,
which will always live with us who knew him,” and Gen. Hamilton Gordon,
commanding at Aldershot, said: “We all loved him.” He was _unm._
[Illustration: =George Garth Marshall.=]
=MARSHALL, ISAIAH=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9597), S.S.
106977, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MARSHALL, JENNER STEPHEN CHANCE=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn.
Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire L.I., only _s._ of the late
Jenner Guest Marshall, of Westcott Barton Manor, co. Oxford, J.P., by
his wife, Grace Eleanor (now wife of the Rev. George Miller, Rector
of Teffont Ewyas, near Salisbury), dau. of A. de Peyster Chance, of
Wheatfields, Worcester, J.P.; _b._ Hagley, co. Worcester, 1 June,
1895; educ. Connaught House, Weymouth Verites, Charterhouse, and the
Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 2nd
Oxford and Bucks L.I., 17 Sept. 1913; went to France with his Battn.,
which formed part of the 5th Brigade, in Aug. 1914, and died on 23 Oct.
following, of wounds received on the 21st. near Langemarck, Ypres.
Buried in Ypres Cemetery; _unm._
[Illustration: =Jenner S. C. Marshall.=]
=MARSHALL, JOHN EDWARD=, Capt., 1st Battn. Duke of Cornwall’s
L.I., 2nd _s._ of the Rev. Edward Thory Marshall, M.A., Vicar of
Sutton-in-the-Isle, Hon. Canon of Ely, by his wife, Lucy Charlotte
Emma, dau. and co-heiress of the Rev. Charles Henry Knight, of
Barrells, Warwickshire; _b._ Coveney, Isle of Ely, 3 June, 1881;
educ. Llandaff Cathedral School and Repton; gazetted 2nd Lieut. in the
Royal Garrison Regt. from the Militia, 28 Jan. 1903; promoted Lieut.
Duke of Cornwall’s L.I. 17 Oct. 1906, and Capt. 30 Aug. 1914; served in
the South African War, 1901–2; took part in the operations in Orange
River Colony, Dec. 1901 to Feb. 1902, and in Cape Colony, Feb. to 31
May, 1902 (Queen’s medal with three clasps); with the West African
Regt. from 29 Aug. 1908 to 2 April, 1913, and with the Expeditionary
Force in France and Flanders from 18 Dec. 1914 to 30 March, 1915, on
which latter date he was killed in action at Kemmel; _unm._ Buried
there. Brig.-Gen. J. S. Maude, commanding 4th Infantry Brigade, wrote:
“I just wanted as General Commanding the Brigade to bear testimony to
the splendid work which has been done by your gallant son since he has
been with us. It was not my good fortune to know your son intimately,
but I had noted him especially on several occasions for his quiet
unassuming manner, a characteristic which is often associated with
more sterling qualities. He was in every respect a thoroughly capable
and efficient officer; he fell as a gallant soldier at the head of his
men, a brilliant example of personal bravery and devotion to duty”;
and Major H. T. Cantan: “He is a great loss to the regt., being a very
smart officer, and one of my best company commanders, a man to whom I
had hardly to express my wishes before the matter was done or placed
in hand. He had always shown great bravery, and did not, I think, know
fear. I only hope that my boys will grow up with the same pluck and
endurance.” Capt. W. T. Brooks also wrote: “My regard for your son was
sincere, and I admired greatly the way he handled his men under very
trying circumstances. His loss to me is very great, and to our regt. of
which we are so proud.... I must say again what a severe loss we have
suffered, for your son was not only a fine officer, who looked well
after his men and feared nothing, but when out of the trenches he kept
people going.” A yr. brother, Capt. E. S. Marshall, 9th Royal Warwicks,
died of wounds in Mesopotamia, 6 April, 1916.
[Illustration: =John Edward Marshall.=]
=MARSHALL, PERCY STANLEY THOMAS=, Private, No. 7905, 1st Battn.
Lincolnshire Regt., 2nd _s._ of William Marshall, of 4, Lochinvar
Street, Balham, S.W., late Trooper, Royal Horse Guards, by his wife,
Lucy Jane, dau. of William Bartholomew Pestete, of Bacton. Norfolk;
_b._ Southwark, S.E., 11 April, 1891; educ. Cavendish Road School,
Balham; enlisted in the Lincolnshire Regt. in Jan. 1907; served seven
years with the Colours, and then joined the Reserve; mobilised on 5
Aug. 1914; went to France with the Expeditionary Force, and died at
Jemappes, 11 Sept. following, of wounds received in action there, 23
or 24 Aug.; _unm._ Buried in the garden of the Institute of St.
Ferdinand, Jemappes.
=MARSHALL, ROGER=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Durham Light Infantry,
yst. _s._ of Lieut.-Col. Anthony Marshall, of Annstead, Chathill,
Northumberland, late 3rd Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers; _b._
Annstead afsd., 25 Jan. 1891; educ. privately; joined the Special
Reserve, R.F.A., 10 Aug. 1910; was granted Aviator’s Certificate of the
Royal Aero Club. 30 April, 1913; passed Army Examination, March, 1914;
gazetted 2nd Lieut, to the 2nd Durham L.I., 15 July, 1914, and joined 6
Aug. 1914; went with his battn. as part of the 6th Division to France
in Sept., and was killed in action at the Battle of the Aisne, 20 Sept.
1914, only four days after his arrival at the Front; _unm._
[Illustration: =Roger Marshall.=]
=BURT-MARSHALL, WILLIAM MARSHALL=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Argyll and
Sutherland Highlanders, yst. _s._ of the late James Burt-Marshall,
of Luncarty, co. Perth, J.P., by his wife, Katherine, dau. of the
late David Bannerman, J.P.; _b._ Luncarty, 14 July, 1887; educ.
at Rugby, where he was in the XI and XV (playing half-back), Steward
of Athletics, and winner of the School Mile and passed into Sandhurst
in 1906. He was in the XV of 1906–7, captaining the team of 1907 when
they beat Woolwich by a score which was a record up to that period. He
was also in the XI of 1908. On 19 Sept. 1908 he was gazetted to the
2nd Battn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders then in South Africa,
where they remained until Jan. 1910, when the regiment returned to
Scotland. He was promoted Lieut., 10 Sept. 1910. On 9 Aug. 1914 the
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders left Fort George for France, and
from then onwards were in the thick of all the fighting. They were
personally complimented by Sir John French on their performance in
the Battle of Le Cateau. In Sept. Lieut. Burt-Marshall was in command
of A Coy., which command he held, save for one short period, until he
fell. Capt. H. Clark, writing of him, said “All through the retreat he
was strong of heart and untiring in devotion to duty. All the way back
towards Paris, and right up again to the Aisne, he was with his men,
encouraging and influencing them, and gradually the company grew to its
original strength again. On 8 Nov. a special duty in Ploegsteert Wood
was detailed to us. The capture of an advanced German trench which had
proved a veritable thorn in the British side was imperative, and the
93rd were asked to do what others had already tried to do and failed.
All through the 9th the battn. lay in the wood shelled at intervals;
the attack was ordered for that night, three companies were to advance
from different points against the enemy trench, and while our guns
were paving the way for the assault we silently moved forward to our
allotted positions. When the shelling stopped the attack crept closer,
but the German flare lights showed up our line and we rose and dashed
for the trench. He was at the head of his men and led the charge. He
ran right up to the German barbed wire, was hit and fell, but rose
again and dashed on to the parapet where he fell again. No one could
get up to him, and those who were able crawled back to reform with
the remnants of the companies.” For some months it was hoped that
news might come that he was a prisoner, but on 8 Feb. the War Office
reported that Capt. Burt-Marshall had died of wounds in a German Field
Hospital at Quesnoy on 17 Nov. 1914.
[Illustration: =William H. Burt-Marshall.=]
=MARSON, HERBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class K. 14685 (Ports.), H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MARSON, JOHN CHARLES=, 2nd Lieut., 8th (Service) Battn. The Welsh
Regt. (13th Divisional Pioneers), only _s._ of the Rev. Charles
Latimer Marson, Vicar of Hambridge, Somerset (died 3 March, 1914), by
his wife, Clotilda (86, Oakwood Road, Golders Green, N.W.). dau. of
Dr. Peter Bayne, author of “Chief Actors of the Puritan Revolution,”
etc., and gdson. of the Rev. Charles Marson, Vicar of Clevedon;
_b._ 62, Gower Street, London, 15 April, 1896; educ. Eastington,
Clevedon; Honiton Grammar School; Sherborne (1910–13), and matriculated
at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, in the latter year. As he, however,
wished to become a naval architect, he changed to Glasgow University,
and spent a year between there and Fairfield Shipbuilding Works. At
Sherborne and Glasgow University he had belonged to the O.T.C.’s, and
he was offered a commission the day war broke out, and at once signed
on for foreign service. On 1 Sept. 1914, he was gazetted 2nd Lieut.,
and after a month’s training at Barry Camp, was drafted into the 6th
Battn. of the Loyal North Lancashires. He was for some months in
training at Jellalabad Barracks, Tidworth. Early in 1915 the officers
of the 6th North Lancashires who had any engineering experience were
invited to volunteer for the 13th Pioneer Division of the Welsh Regt.
Marson at once responded and migrated to Tournay Barracks, Aldershot,
where he stayed in training until his regt. left for the Dardanelles on
Tuesday, 15 June, 1915. They were nearly five weeks at Lemnos before
crossing to the Peninsula. On 7 Aug. he wrote to his mother from the
trenches:--“To-night is a supreme test of the men of K.s Army. Numbers
are bound to be killed. This may be the last letter. However, I have
a conviction it will not be yet.” Early on the following morning
(Sunday) he was killed in action with the Anzacs. He was shot through
the forehead and killed instantaneously on the summit of Chunuk Bair.
Capt. Gordon Williams, his commanding officer, wrote: “He was a great
favourite with us all, and he made an excellent officer, always
showing plenty of keenness and was never, if I may so say, without a
cheery smile on his face. We had to hold a hill that day with the New
Zealanders against terrific counter attacks, and your son, throughout
the action, behaved magnificently, finally to be shot down, bayonet and
rifle in hand, surrounded by Turks. His men brought him in, and Lieut.
Gwyther had him placed on a stretcher during the fight, but he died at
once, and could only be buried then and there, right in the midst of
the fighting. We all feel his death awfully, and that of our brother
officers who fell that day. The hill was lost next day by the regts.
that relieved us, so there our dead officers and men lie buried by
the Turks who are very chivalrous in this respect. The regt. earned a
great name for itself that day, but suffered severely”; and Lieut. Evan
B. Gwyther: “He died leading his men on, and yards in front of all;
and he was last seen alive fighting 10 or 15 Turks all by himself. He
did not know what fear was, and everybody admired his pluck, and was
amazed at his courage. There wasn’t a man in his platoon that could
speak too highly of his courage, pluck and determination. I am glad
to tell you his sufferings were nil, as he died the moment he fell.”
The Lieut.-Col. (J. A. Bald) also wrote: “I was unfortunately wounded
myself that day before the regt. as a whole went into action, and so
missed what I had been looking forward to so keenly, namely, to go into
action with them all, and also could not see how all my brave officers
led their men, but I did hear that the last seen of your son was, that
he was gallantly leading his platoon in the face of what must have been
a very severe fire, rifle in hand, more than ready to do his share. I
always looked on him as absolutely without fear and knew, when it came
to the point, he would show himself a good leader. The regt. lost many
good officers it could ill spare, who will be a loss both to it and the
Army at large. Your son before the fighting began showed himself a keen
officer and did some very hard work for me when we were at Lemnos.”
Major H. Lynn Stevens, Adjutant of the 8th Welsh, wrote: “It will be
a source of never-ending pride to know that your son died fighting
most gallantly in a hand-to-hand attack upon the enemy at the summit
of Chunuk Bair. He would not suffer restraint, but charged forward
outstripping everybody in his resolve to do his duty.”
[Illustration: =John Charles Marson.=]
=MARTIN, ALBERT HENRY=, Private, No. 2107, 1/7th Battn. The
Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of John Martin, of Capel House
Lodge, Turkey Street, Waltham Cross, Herts, Gardener, by his wife,
Emily, dau. of John and (Ann) Savage; _b._ Romford, co. Essex, 11
Aug. 1895; educ. Forty Hill, Enfield and Ramsbury, Wilts; was employed
in the garden at Capel House; joined the Middlesex Territorials, 6
March, 1914; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war, 5
Aug. 1914; went to France, 12 March, 1915, and died at No. 6 Casualty
Clearing Station, Merville, 15 May, 1915, of wounds received in action
at Aubers Ridge, 9 May previous; _unm._ Buried in Merville
Cemetery.
[Illustration: =Albert Henry Martin.=]
=MARTIN, ARTHUR THOMAS=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./16124, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MARTIN, AYLMER RICHARD SANCTON=, Lieut.-Col. Commanding 2nd
Battn. King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regt., _s._ of the late Rev. H.
Martin, Vicar of Thatcham, Newbury, Berkshire; _b._ Newbury, co.
Berks, 19 Nov. 1870; educ. Bradfield College, and Sandhurst; gazetted
2nd Lieut, to the Royal Fusiliers, 4 March, 1891, and Lieut. 26 June,
1892 and later the same year transferred to the Royal Lancaster Regt.;
became Capt. 25 Jan. 1900, Brevet Major 29 Nov. 1900, Major 8 Sept.
1906, and Lieut.-Col. 13 Dec. 1912; served through the South African
War, 1899–1901, including the relief of Ladysmith and the actions at
Spion Kop, Vaal Kranz, Tugela Heights (14–22 Feb. 1900, wounded) and
Laing’s Nek, and acted as Adjutant to the 2nd Battn., 2 Nov. 1899 to 8
Jan. 1900, and 25 Jan to 15 Sept. 1900 (twice mentioned in Despatches
[London Gazette, 8 Feb. and 10 Sept. 1910], Queen’s medal with six
clasps, Brevet of Major). On his return to England, after passing
through the Staff College he was attached to the General Staff at the
War Office from 1904 to 1906 and from 1907 to 1912 was Deputy Assistant
Adjutant General, Scottish Command. In 1912 he was given the command of
the 2nd Battn. of the King’s Own, then in India. Col. Martin was killed
in action at Frezenberg during the fighting around Ypres, 8 May, 1915.
He _m._ at Surbiton, 21 July, 1896, Mary Beatrice, dau. of General
Charles Terrington Aitchison, C.B., Indian Army, and had a dau.,
Eileen, _b._ 15 Oct. 1898.
[Illustration: =Aylmer R. S. Martin.=]
=MARTIN, BASIL CUTHBERT DANVERS=, 2nd Lieut., 13th (Service),
attd. 4th, Battn. The Worcestershire Regt., only _s._ of the Rev.
Henry Basil Martin, Rector of Pudleston, Leominster, co. Hereford,
by his wife, Gertrude May, eldest dau. of the Rev. Thomas Hannington
Irving Child, formerly Rector of Stratton, co. Gloucester; _b._
Sunhill Ranch, Loomis, Placer Co., California, U.S.A., 6 Oct. 1896;
educ. Wolborough Hill School, Newton Abbott, South Devon, and Lancing
College, Sussex; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 13th Worcesters, 14 Dec. 1914;
went to the Dardanelles, 20 May, 1915, where he was attached to the 4th
Battn., and was killed in action there, 4 June following; _unm._
His commanding officer wrote: “I was not near him at the time, but
those who were said that he showed perfect coolness and courage all
the time. During the few days he was with us I especially noticed him
for his keenness and desire to get on and feel very sure that if he
had been spared he would have done well.” While at Lancing he was a
keen member of the O.T.C., shooting twice at Bisley, where he helped to
gain the Cadets’ Challenge Trophy in 1913, and the Public Schools Rapid
in 1914, besides gaining several other medals at school, his first
being Lord Roberts’s Miniature Rifle Clubs Society, which he won at
Wolborough Hill School at the age of 13.
[Illustration: =Basil C. D. Martin.=]
=MARTIN, CECIL TAYLOR=, Assistant Clerk, R.N., elder _s._ of
George Martin, of 4, Park Terrace, Silloth, L.R.C.S.I., L.R.C.P.I., by
his wife, Margaret Emily, dau. of Robert Taylor; _b._ Silloth, co.
Cumberland, 15 June, 1897; educ. Preparatory School there, Cherbourg,
Malvern, and St. Bee’s School, Cumberland; joined the Navy as Assistant
Clerk, 1 Aug. 1914; was appointed to H.M.S. Monmouth, and was lost when
that ship was sunk in the battle off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
[Illustration: =Cecil Taylor Martin.=]
=MARTIN, CHARLES=, Private, No. 8758, 2nd Battn. Royal Sussex
Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action,
30 Oct. 1914; _m._
=MARTIN, CHARLES EDWARD JOHN=, Private, No. 7974, 1st Battn.
Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regt., _s._ of Charles Martin, of 41,
Ashbrooke Road, Upper Holloway; served with the Expeditionary Force in
France, etc.; died, 4 Dec. 1914, of wounds received in action.
=MARTIN, CHARLES HERBERT GEORGE=, M.A., F.Z.S., Lieut., 3rd
Battn. Monmouthshire Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of the late Edward
Pritchard Martin, of The Hill, Abergavenny, Mining Engineer and
Colliery Owner, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of C. H. James, of Merthyr;
_b._ Dowlais, co. Glamorgan, 5 Oct. 1882, and was educ. at Eton
and Magdalen College, Oxford, where he obtained a high standard of
efficiency in biology and obtained his degrees. He was demonstrator
in Zoology to the University of Glasgow, and Lecturer at Oxford, and
was well-known at Cambridge and at Naples, and was a scientist of
European reputation. At Glasgow he joined the University O.T.C. and was
gazetted 2nd Lieut. unattd. (T.F.), 12 Oct. 1909, and posted to the 3rd
Monmouths, 5 June, 1912. He was promoted Lieut. 29 Aug. 1914, being
subsequently machine-gun officer. On the outbreak of war he volunteered
for foreign service, and was killed in action N.E. of Ypres, 2 May,
1915. He was buried between St. Julien and Freezenberg. He published
several books on protozoology. When war broke out he was preparing
papers for the Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden. He was also
an ardent all-round sportsman, a keen follower of the Monmouthshire
Hounds, and was Master of the Crickhowell Harriers. He _m._ at
St. Mary’s Church, Abergavenny, 11 June, 1912, Beatrice Elise (The
Hill, Abergavenny), only child of Ferdinand Packington John Hanbury, of
Nantoer, Abergavenny, J.P., D.L., co. Monmouth, and had a son, Charles
Edward Capel, _b._ 21 April, 1913.
[Illustration: =Charles H. G. Martin.=]
=MARTIN, HERBERT EDWARD=, A.B., J. 11840, H.M.S. Laurel; killed in
action in the Heligoland Bight, 28 Aug. 1914.
=MARTIN, JOHN=, Private, No. 7875, 1st. Battn. Royal West Kent
Regt., _s._ of John Martin, of 79, Mill Road, Lewisham; served
with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 26 Oct.
1914.
=MARTIN, JOHN WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 7909, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chill, 1 Nov. 1914.
=MARTIN, JOSEPH EDWARD=, Chief Stoker, (R.F.R., A. 1793), 152383,
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914; _m._
=MARTIN, WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 11808, H.M.S. Aboukir;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MARTIN, WILLIAM HERBERT=, Private, No. 1522, E Coy. 7th Battn.
Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of William Albert Martin, of
10, Shakespeare Road, Edmonton, Labourer at Woolwich Arsenal, by his
wife, Isabella, dau. of Robert Rawlinson; _b._ Sawston, co.
Cambridge, 8 June, 1896; educ. Bruce Grove Board Schools, Tottenham;
was a Carpenter and Joiner; joined the Middlesex Territorials in June,
1912; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug.
1914; trained at Sittingbourne; went to Gibraltar, 7 Sept. 1914, and
died in the Military Hospital there, 23 Jan. 1915, after undergoing an
operation for appendicitis, contracted on service; _unm._
[Illustration: =William Herbert Martin.=]
=WOOD-MARTIN, FRANCIS WINCHESTER=, Capt., 1st Battn. Suffolk
Regt., 4th and yst. _s._ of Col. William Gregory Wood-Martin,
of Cleveragh, co. Sligo, A.D.C., J.P., D.L., by his wife, Frances
Dora, dau. of Roger Dodwell Robinson, of Wellmount, co. Sligo, J.P.;
_b._ London, 27 Feb. 1880; educ. Cheltenham; gazetted 2nd Lieut.,
1st Battn. Suffolk Regt., 12 Aug. 1899; promoted Lieut. 30 Aug. 1900,
and Capt. 11 Feb. 1906; served in the South African War, 1899–1902;
took part in the operations in Cape Colony, south of the Orange River,
1899–1902, including actions at Colesberg (1–5 Jan.) being taken
prisoner, but was released in the following June when Lord Roberts
entered Pretoria. He was appointed Station Officer in the Transvaal and
took part in the operations east of Pretoria, July-29 Nov. 1900, and in
the Transvaal, Dec. 1900–31 May, 1902, receiving the Queen’s medal with
three clasps and the King’s medal with two clasps. On the outbreak of
the European War he served with his regt. in the Expeditionary Force,
and was killed in action near Ypres, 17 Feb. 1915; _unm._ His
elder brother, Capt. J. I. Wood-Martin, was killed at Neuve Chapelle,
12 March, 1915 (see following notice), and a memorial was erected
to their memory in St. Anne’s Parish Church, Strandhill, and in the
Cathedral at Khartoum.
[Illustration: =Francis W. Wood-Martin.=]