Harold Arthur Martin
Service number
51751
Military unit
100th battery Royal Field Artillery
Address
Loughborough
Date of birth
Date of death
24 Apr 1915 (27 years old)
Place of birth
Nottingham
Employment, education or hobbies
Unknown
- Family History
- Military history
- Extra information
- Photographs
Family history
Harold Arthur Martin was born in 1888 at Nottingham, he was the son of Mary Kind of 21, Rushworth Terrace, Union Road, Nottingham.
Military history
Gunner Harold Arthur Martin enlisted at Loughborough, he served with the 100th battery Royal Field Artillery, (served as Arthur Martin,) he died on 24th April 1915. Having no known grave his name is commemorated on the Menin Gate, Belgium Panels 5 & 9
Extra information
Nottingham Evening Post Roll of Honor 8/5/1915:
'Martin. Died while a prisoner of war in Germany, Harold Arthur Martin, only son of Mrs Kind, Union Road Nottingham, aged 27. For his country's sake.'
Photographs
Arthur Martin
Photograph published 22nd May 1915 in the Nottingham Evening Post , courtesy of Jim Grundy and his facebook pages Small Town Grear War Hucknall 1914-1918