THE FIRST WORLD WAR
The men and women from Martin who served their country during the 1914 – 1918
Maurice Beale Wiltshire Yeomanry
Sydney G. Bennett Wiltshire Regiment
Harold Bennett Royal Tank Corp
Montague Bennett 18th Hussars
Nurse S. Bennett
Thomas Bishop Devon Regiment (D.I.A.)
Frederick Bradford 2nd Life Guards
Thomas Browning R.F.A.
Arthur Butcher Royal Navy
Frank Butcher M.G.C.
George Cox Wiltshire Regiment (D.I.A.)
Lewis Cox Royal Navy
Leslie Crawshaw R.F.A. (D.I.A.)
Nigel Curtis Hampshire Regiment
James Daily Wiltshire Regiment
Edgar C. Dibben Wiltshire Regiment (D.I.A.)
Walter E. Diment Wiltshire Regiment
Ned Gray Royal Navy
Percy Haines Dorset Regiment
E.M.H. Hardiman Union Defence Corp
Albert Harris Labour Battalion
Edgar H. Harris M.G.C.
Edward J. Harris Wiltshire Regiment
Reggie Harris R.A.F.
Walter A. Harris R.A.M.C.
Miss Harvey V.A.D.
Neville Ings Duke of Cornwall’s Regiment
Fred Jacobs Hampshire Regiment
Charles Jeans Royal Warwickshire (D.I.A)
Henry Jeans R.C.A.
Richard Jeans Gloucester Regiment
Alfred Kerly Wiltshire Regiment
Henry Kerly Hampshire Regiment
Charles W. Lewington Hampshire Regiment
Edward G. Marlow Hampshire Regiment
Edward Martin Royal Engineers
Fred Martin R.M.L.I.
Robert Martin R.M.L.I.
Rev. E. W. Michell C.F.
Hawden G. M. A. Michell Royal Dragoons
Jim Newman Royal Navy
George Poore Wiltshire Regiment
Hilsty Runyeard Hampshire Regiment (D.O.W.)
George Ryall Royal Warwickshire
Edward Selwood Grenadier Guards
Henry C. Selwood Wiltshire Regiment
Herbert G. Selwood Hampshire Regiment
Sgt. William Shearing Scots Guards
Christopher Shering Wiltshire Regiment
David Shering Field Ambulance
Jesse Shering 4th Hampshire Regiment
Levi Shering Devonshire Regiment
Montague Shering Wiltshire Regiment
Samuel Shering R.A.S.C.
Alexander Smeeth Hampshire Regiment
Cyril Smith Dorset Regiment
Cyril Thick Royal Warwickshire
Frank Thorne Hampshire Regiment
Thomas Thorne M.C.C.
George W. Waters Dorset Regiment
Frederick E. Witt R.A.O.C.
Charles Wooderson R.A.M.C.
Frank Woodford Royal Navy
George Woodford M.G.C. (D.O.W.)
Seven of the men who served lost their lives during the conflict…
Private Thomas Edward Bishop
Private George Cox
Gunner Leslie Crawshaw
Private Edgar Charles Dibben
Private Charles Jeans
Private Hilsty Marris Aquilla Runyeard
Private George Woodford
The information above is reproduced from the ‘Roll of Honour Book’ which can be found in the Church at Martin. Research and text by Lt. Col. Mike Richardson OBE and reproduced here with his kind permission.
Further details about the men who died will soon be available on a new Royal British Legion website.