Roll of Honour of the 710 men of Hyde who fell in WW1
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Wilfred Harrison MARTIN
Second Lieutenant Wilfred Harrison MARTIN
East Surrey Regiment
Killed in Action, Saturday 29th April 1916, France, age 35
| Home address: | "Roscoed" Great Norbury Street, Hyde, Cheshire |
| Born: | 1881, Plymouth, Devonshire |
| Parents: | Schlima Martin and Dennis Martin |
| Marital status: | Married to Lily Gertrude Martin (née Ellor) Roscoed, Great Norbury Street, Hyde |
| Occupation: | School Head Master |
| Enlisted: | - |
| Remembered: | Hyde Chapel churchyard, Gee Cross, Cheshire, named on a family gravestone. |
| Link to Hyde: | Lived in Hyde |
Lieut. Martin MA BSc., had been headmaster at a school in Worthing.
From the inscription on a family gravestone in Hyde Chapel churchyard he appears to have been the son-in-law of a resident of Hyde:
Affectionate REMEMBRANCE OF MARK ELLOR of Liverpool, late of Hyde Who died March 19th 1885 aged 49 years. Also ELLEN wife of the above who died Jan 17th 1915 aged 58 years For 27 years Matron of the Hyde Sick Kitchen. Also of MARIA ROSCOE (MIA) |