McDermott, Martin

BORN HULL 1899. SON OF MARTIN McDERMOTT & WINIFRED MURPHY, AT 15 WASSAND TERRACE, STRICKLAND STREET, HULL

HE ENLISTED IN HULL. JOINED THE 1/5TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS, A TERRITORIAL RESERVE BATTALION. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 10/04/1918, AGED 19. COMMEMORATED ON THE PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL, HAINAUT, BELGIUM. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FOUR SIBLINGS, WILLIAM McDERMOTT, A FISHERMAN, WHO LIVED AT 1 EDWINS PLACE, PORTER STREET, HULL, HELEN HALL, JOHN AND JAMES McDERMOTT.
HIS BROTHER, WILLIAM McDERMOTT WAS LOST AT SEA, ON THE STEAM SHIP, ‘MEMBLAND’ , ON 15/02/1915, AGED 21


First name:
MARTIN
Military Number:
69162
Rank:
Private
Date Died
10/04/1918
Place died:
PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL, BELGIUM
Age:
19
15 WASSAND TERRACE, STRICKLAND STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK