Private Percy Sidney Martin

Title (Mr/ Mrs/ Capt/ Rev etc): 

First name(s): 

Percy Sidney

Surname only: 

Martin

 

Pte Percy Sidney Martin, 23730, 4th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment, was killed in action on the Somme on November 13th, 1916.

As a six-year-old in 1901 he was living with his mother and grandparents William and Susan at 16 North Street, Luton.

By 1911 he was a plait dyer living at 23 Back Street, Luton, with his mother and her husband James Webb, whom she had married at St Matthew's Church, Luton, on December 23rd, 1905. In the 1911 Census Percy is described as a boarder.

 

Service or Civilian?: 

Service Number: 

23730

Regiment: 

War time / or Pre War occupation: 

Plait dyer

Place of Birth: 

Luton
United Kingdom

Place of Death: 

Somme
France

War Memorial Location: 

Grave Location: 

Ancre British Cemetery
Beaumont-Hamel
France

World War I Address: 

23 Back Street
Luton
United Kingdom

Individual Location: 

Classifications: 

Connects to: 

Year of Birth: 

1 895

Year of Death: 

1 916

Month of Death: 

Nov

Day of Death: 

13

Keywords: 

Most Relevant Date: 

Monday, November 13, 1916