BORN SOUTHAMPTON 1893. LIVED IN HULL. SON OF SUSAN MARTIN. HE HAD A STEP BROTHER, GEORGE DRINKALL AND SISTERS, EMMA RUTLEDGE AND CLARA GOODWIN.
HE WORKED AS A SAIL MAKER LABOURER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 2 INCHES TALL, 35.5 INCH CHEST AND 133 LBS WEIGHT.
HE LIVED AT, 3 CAMPBELL’S PLACE, ALICIA STREET, CHARLES STREET, HULL (HIS ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS), WITH HIS MOTHER SUSAN.
HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS, ON 14/11/1914. SERVED WITH THE 13TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT (4TH HULL PALS), IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. TRANSFERRED TO THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE BATTALION. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 29/07/1917, AGED 24. DURING A SUCCESSFUL, NIGHT, TRENCH RAID, NORTH OF ROEUX (SEVEN MILITARY MEDALS WERE AWARDED). BURIED AT BROWN’S COPSE CCEMETERY, ROUEX, FRANCE.
UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, SUSAN.
| Name | Thomas James Martin |
|---|---|
| Birth Place | Southampton |
| Death Date | 29 Jul 1917 |
| Death Place | Brown’s Copse Cemetery, Rœux, France |
| Enlistment Place | Hull |
| Rank | Private |
| Regiment | East Yorkshire Regiment |
| Battalion | 7th Battalion |
| Regimental Number | 13/177 |
| Type of Casualty | Killed in action |
| Theatre of War | Western European Theatre |
