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Ralph James Martin (1913-2000)

Soldier
Service No:7911437
Rank:Corporal
Squadron:A
Role:Operator
Prisoner of War:Captured 4 Aug 1944. Held at Stalag 357 in Oerbke, Nr. Fallingbostel
Mentioned in:
23H Story
Page 275
Casualty List
Record 1, Record 2
Missing Personnel Records
Report 1, Report 2
Civilian
Occupation:Clerk - Newspaper Accounts Department (1939)
Residence:19 Beckett's Park Crescent, Leeds, West Yorkshire (1939, 45)
Birth:13 Apr 1913 in Leeds
Death:registered Mar 2000 in Leeds
Marriage:to Marjorie Elsworth registered Sep 1940 in Leeds
Children:none
Parents
Arthur Carter MartinBessie Revinia Lynch
School Teacher.
9 Norwood Road, Leeds, West Yorkshire (1911),
19 Beckett Park's Crescent, Leeds (1939).
Birth 25 Jul 1880 in Nottingham.
Death 29 Sep 1945 at The General Infirmary, Leeds.
Birth 27 Oct 1878 in NW Province, Casauli, India.
Death registered Dec 1953 in Leeds, West Yorkshire.
Marriage 30 Jul 1905 at All Souls Church, Leeds, West Yorkshire.

Notes

Ralph was one of three A Squadron men taken prisoner when the Regiment's fitters' convoy was ambushed between the village of Presles and the Perrier Ridge. A fuller account of the incident is here.