BORN HULL 1887. SON OF JAMES GEORGE MARTIN (1826-1909) AND ELIZA STANLEY, OF 19 BARNSLEY STREET, HULL (1901 CENSUS) AND 25 COLVILLE ROAD, ACTON, LONDON (1911 CENSUS). SON OF A METAL BURNER. HE HAD A BROTHER, JOHN ERNEST AND SISTER, MARY ELIZABETH MARTIN.
HE LIVED ACTON, MIDDLESEX, WHERE HE WORKED AS A SYPHON CLEANER. HE MARRIED AT SOUTH ACTON, ON 04/05/1907. HUSBAND OF ELLEN WILLIAMS, AT 17 COLVILLE ROAD, ACTON, LONDON. ENLISTED MILL HILL, MIDDLESEX. SERVED AS PRIVATE, G/8139, 4TH MIDDLESEX REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 13/10/1915, AGED 27.
HE IS BURIED AT LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY, WEST-VLAANDEREN, BELGIUM. HE LEFT A SON JOHN ERNEST MARTIN, BORN ON 21/02/1910 AND A DAUGHTER, MARGARET ALICE MARTIN, BORN ON 01/11/1914. HIS WIDOW WAS AWARDED A WEEKLY PENSION, OF 18 SHILLINGS AND SIXPENCE, AWARDED ON 23/05/1916.
