Second Lieutenant George Henry MARTIN

Second Lieutenant George Henry Martin{gallery}2nd Lt G H Martin{/gallery}3rd Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment
Killed in action at Passchendaele, France and Flanders, 26th December 1917 aged 37

• Buried: Tyne Cot Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Grave XXXIX.H.3
  
• Awarded: 1915 Star, British War and Victory Medals
• Son of Samuel and Jane Martin
  
• NNWFHS Memorial: Nuneaton WWI Other Regiments

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for 2nd Lt Martin
• Tyne Cot Cemetery
• Northamptonshire Regiment

Military, Census and Family History Information

• Born c1880
• Circumstances of 2nd Lt Martin’s Death in Action

After celebrating Christmas in nearby St Jean, on 26th December the Northants regiment headed to the front at Passchendaele. As they moved through the snow-covered ground they stood out in the bright moonlit night.  They were soon spotted by the Germans and came under artillery and machine-gun fire. George Martin was in the lead platoon and bravely tried to guide and encourage his men through the hail of bullets and shrapnel. He was soon hit himself and died later in an Aid Post at Tyne Cot. He is now buried in Tyne Cot Cemetery. © and Courtesy My Ypres Salient Homage