To honour those who served their country

“In this their finest hour”

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Aircraftman 2 Class

William Walter Martin

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1902/07/01 - Born

Son of William Herbert Martin and of Annie (nee Young) Martin

1927 - Married Evelyn Pumphrey at Brighton

Enlisted at Uxbridge between September 1939 and June 1940

Appointed as a Class F Reservist

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

98 Squadron

 

Died

Age 38

17th June 1940

Lost in the RMS Lancastria which was bombed by the Luftwaffe in the Charpentier Roads off St Nazaire, when about to evacuate troops from France

 

1940/07/25 - AMCC_1940, Air Ministry Casualty Communique, No.39. Reported Missing.

 

Loved Ones

Son of William Herbert Martin and of Annie Martin (nee Young)

Husband of Evelyn Ethel Martin, of Brighton, Sussex

 

Memorial

Panel 27.

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Runnymede Memorial

 

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Remembrance Salvation Army 1939-1945

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Information

Mike Alliston

Commonwealth War Grave Commission

KEW Files:- AMCC_1940, AIR 78 104 1,

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