Rank: Private
Regiment: 3rd, Royal Sussex Regiment
Wife: Mrs Martin
Mother: Mrs Martin
Brother in Law: F G Swain
Mother’s Address: 13 Burry Terrace, Silverhill
Home Address: 224 Harold Road, Clive Vale, Hastings
Other Info: Wounded, recovering in hospital in Birmingham.
A German Trophy reads: “Mr B H Martin, of 7 Station Road, Hastings, now engaged as collector in the sorting room of the Hastings Post Office was formerly in the Royal Sussex but was discharged because of wounds he received at La Bassee on December 23rd 1914, he () the German eagle shown in the () a German Officer’s arm at Ypres. Mr Martin is wearing the South African medal, having served through that war. He has also seen service in India.”
Published: January 1915, April 1915 & September 1916
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