Private 11251 William MARTIN

Private 11251 William Martin{gallery}Pte W Martin{/gallery}1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards
Killed in action in the Battle of Flers-Courcelette, France and Flanders, 15th September 1916, aged about 30.

• Buried: Guards’ Cemetery, Lesboeufs, Somme, France. Grave XII.O.8
  
• Awarded: 1915 Star, British War and Victory Medals
• Son of Samuel and Jane Martin
  
• Husband of Jane (aka Genney) Martin [nee Hall]. Married 1906 at Nuneaton
  
• NNWFHS Memorial: Nuneaton WWI Other Regiments | Nuneaton Colliery

Links to Relevant Information

The CWGC link is NOT for this man!!!  Needs sorting.

• CWGC Page for Pte Pickering
• Guards’ Cemetery, Lesboeufs
• Coldstream Guards

Military, Census and Family History Information

• Born c1886 at Ansley and baptised 6 Feb 1887 at Atherstone
• Lived at Main Street, Monks Kirby [1901]
• Lived at 7 Clarence Street, Nuneaton [1911]
• Employed as a coal miner / hewer [1911]
  
• Enlisted at Nuneaton. Entered Theatre on 22 Dec 1914