BORN HULL 1888. ONLY SON OF WILLIAM (1856-1944) & BETSY ANN MARTIN (1854-1940), AT “LLANBERIS HOUSE”, COTTINGHAM ROAD, HULL (PROBATE ADDRESS). HIS SISTERS WERE ANN & CLARA. EDUCATED AT HULL HYMERS COLLEGE. EMPLOYED AS A BANK CLERK.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE 9TH KING’S ROYAL RIFLE CORPS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 09/04/1917, AGED 28.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, WILLIAM. HE ALSO LEFT £240 IN HIS WILL TO HIS FATHER, WHO WAS A COMPANY SECRETARY, FOR A LIMITED COMPANY. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE ON HYMERS COLLEGE MEMORIAL AND ON THE WW1 MEMORIAL AT ST JOHNS CHURCH, NEWLANDS, HULL.
BURIED AT TILLOY BRITISH CEMETERY, TILLOY-LES-MOFFLAINES, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “OF HULL “SPLENDID YOU PASSED. THE GREAT SURRENDER MADE”
| Name | William Wilde Martin |
|---|---|
| Birth Place | Hull, 1888. Son of William and Betsy Ann Martin, of “Llanberis,” Cottingham Rd., Hull. |
| Death Date | 9 Apr 1917 |
| Death Place | Tilloy British Cemetery, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France |
| Enlistment Place | Hull |
| Rank | Rifleman. (Lance Corporal) |
| Regiment | King’s Royal Rifle Corps |
| Battalion | 9th Battalion |
| Regimental Number | R/19661 |
| Type of Casualty | Killed in action |
| Theatre of War | Western European Theatre |
