SECTION 10GUY STANILAUS MARTIN (1895 - 1918)
Guy Stanilaus Martin, MM, was the second son of William Martin and Sarah Elizabeth Abbott, he was born on the 28 June 1895 in Singapore and on his parents return from Singapore he was educated at the Bedford Modern School along with his brothers. It seems that he wanted to make the Army his career. He joined the Signals Dept. of the Royal Engineers on the 11th August 1913, and served in Ireland from November 1913 until August 1914 when he went to France with the original Expeditionary Force in August of that year. The principal actions that he was engaged in.
Honours:- Military Medal 1914 (Mons) Star Victory Medal General War Medal
He had been promoted to Corporal and recommended for the DCM and also for a Commission in the RFA, and was undergoing official training for the latter when he was killed.
Buried in Military Cemetery, Aichet - le - Grande, Plot 3 Row C Grave 19 Beryl and I visited his grave in the summer of 1996, it is in a small Military Cemetery near the village of Aichet-le-Grande in France and was well maintained and tidy, there must be many hundreds of soldiers buried there following the Battle of Bapaume and others engagements. His obituary from the Rushden Echo dated Friday September 20th 1918 : Mr and Mrs William Martin "Maydencroft", Ampthill, have received news that their second son, Corpl. Guy S Martin MM, Royal Engineers, was killed by shell concussion on August 25th at Bapaume. From an account given to his parents by his closest friend Sergt. H R H Francis RE, who visited them at the request of the Commanding Officer both Martin and his horse got the full force of the explosion and were killed instantaneously. Corpl Martin at the time was in fact a cadet of the Regular Army, having been recommended for a permanent commission in the RFA and was undergoing a months training. As a RE signaller he had been attached to the RFA for a long time. He was born at Singapore in 1895, was educated at Bedford Modern School, where he won his First XV Rugby colours, and for three years represented his house at gymnastics. He enlisted in the R E Signal Service in 1913, at eighteen years of age, went to France immediately war broke out, passed safely through many battles, went to Italy last November, returning to France four months later. He was a holder of the Mons (1914) Star, and the Military Medal, and had been recommended for the DCM. The late Corporal Martin was well known in Higham Ferrers, being a grandson of the late Mr J B Martin, formerly Sanitary Inspector at Rushden. He came to Higham at the age of three years, passed through the Board School as a scholar and also St Mary's Church Schools previous to his going to reside at Bedford.
His name is also listed on the Alemeda War Memorial in Ampthill, Beds.
1901 Census Sarah Marten (Martin) Town Yard,
Higham Ferrers, wife, aged 34, born Northants Daventry, Max Marten
(Martin), son, aged 8, born Singapore LL (SS), Guy Marten (Martin) son,
aged 5, born Singapore LL (SS) Vivian Marten (Martin) son, aged 2, born
Higham Ferrers & Alice Stimpson, relative, aged 17, born Higham Ferrers,
Shoe Machinist. 1911 Census St Andrews Roll of Honour Acting 2nd Corporal 25002, 5th Divison, Signal Company, Royal Engineers. Killed in action Sunday 25th August 1918 in France & Flanders. Age 23. Born Singapore (Straits Settlements), enlisted Chatham, resident Ampthill. Second Son of William and Sarah Elizabeth Martin, of "Maydencroft," Ampthill. Educated at Bedford Modern School. Awarded Military Medal. Buried in ACHIET-LE-GRAND COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Pas de Calais, France. Grave III. C. 19. See also Singapore Cenotaph and Bedford Modern School. Singapore Cenotaph Acting 2nd Corporal 25002, 5th Divison Signal Company, Royal Engineers. Killed in action Sunday 25th August 1918 in France & Flanders. Age 23. Born Singapore (Straits Settlements), enlisted Chatham, resident Ampthill. Second Son of William and Sarah Elizabeth Martin, of "Maydencroft," Ampthill. Educated at Bedford Modern School. Awarded Military Medal. Buried in ACHIET-LE-GRAND COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Pas de Calais, France. Grave III. C. 19. See also Ampthill, Bedfordshire and Bedford Modern School. This link may be of interest about Achiet-le-Grande in WW1 http://www.achiet-le-grand.org/index.htm
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