Ernest D. Martin
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No. 58650. Driver. R.F.A. (Royal Field Artillery). In S. Africa when war broke out. Sent out in 7th Division In France Nov. 9. Parcel sent. Letter received. Reported Jan. 11. No. 104 Battery Feb. 26. May 31 & often. British Expeditionary Force. Well Aug. 20. Reported May. Letter returned. Nov. 1916 A Battery 148 Brigade R.F.A. B.E.F. Apr. as before. Oct. reported wounded. No details Nov. 1917. A/148 Bde (Brigade) 30 Div. (Division), B.E.F. Dec. 1918 Sergt A/148 as before.' (Extract from handwritten notes by The Reverend Robert Daniel Kermode, Vicar of St George's Church, Douglas, about men from his parish serving in the First World War. MS 10003/11)
External sources: 4 Peel Road