Hyde War Memorial Trust

Roll of Honour of the 710 men of Hyde who fell in WW1


Previous Man
List Of Men
Next Man

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:

In
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)
the dearly beloved child of
MARK and ELLEN ELLOR
who died March 6th 1887.
Also of WILFRED HARRISON MARTIN
Son-in-Law of the above Killed in Action
in France the 29th of April 1916.