BORN HULL 1892. SON OF FREDERICK MARTIN (1851-1934)& EMILY ANN MARTIN (1850-1940), OF 172, NEWLAND AVENUE, HULL HE WORKED WITH HIS FATHER AS A GARDENER. HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 11/02/1917, AGED 25. (near Crete Trench Vermandovillers 62cSW3 T 4 c. Only one casualty that day in war diary.) HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, EMILY.
BURIED AT ASSEVILLERS NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, SOMME, FRANCE
First name:
HAROLD
Regiment:
Military Number:
200796
Rank:
Private
Date Died
11/02/1917
Place died:
ASSEVILLERS NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, SOMME, FRANCE
Age:
25
172, NEWLAND AVENUE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried