Person    | Male  Born 19/12/1891  Died 14/8/1980

Cyril Gordon Martin, VC

Categories: Armed Forces

War served, WW1 i

Commemorated on a memorial as having served in, and survived, WW1.

Cyril Gordon Martin, VC

Awarded the VC for his heroism on 12 March 1915, age 23, while serving in the Corps of Royal Engineers. "With a party of six infantry bombers under intense enemy fire he held back enemy reinforcements for over two and a half hours before being ordered to withdraw. (Spanbroekmoelen, Belgium)". Freemason at: №2877, Khartoum Lodge.

Not to be confused with Cyril Martin (1897–1973) who was awarded the GC.

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Cyril Gordon Martin, VC

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