Private Percy Sidney Martin
Rank or Title
Date of Birth
1895
Date of Death
13 Nov 1916
War time / or Pre War occupation
Plait dyer
Regiment
Service Number
23730
Place of Birth
Luton
World War I Address
23 Back Street
Luton
Place of Death
Somme
Grave Location
Ancre British Cemetery
Beaumont-Hamel
War Memorial Location
Soldier or Civilian
- Soldier
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.
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