MARTIN, Hugh Fortune
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Rank:
Quarter Master Sergeant (Regimental Sergeant Major)
Unit / Base:
40RM Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Number:
CH.X.501 or CH.X.731
Honours & Awards:
Born:
Wednesday, April 9, 1913
Died :
Tuesday, October 31, 1967
Place died:
Rochester, Kent
Age:
54
Recommended for the Croix de Guerre after Dieppe.
Recommendation
In the action at Dieppe on 19th August 1942 RSM Fortune was senior NCO in the HQ boat. When the HQ officers were killed and the boat put out of action, RSM Martin took command of the survivors, kept them together in the water, and greatly facilitated their rescue. Throughout this action he showed exemplary initiative, endurance, and devotion to duty.
- 29 November 1951 appointed Second Lieutenant (QM).
Sources
40RM Commando War Diary - Dieppe statements / National Archives file ADM202/87.
Award (Foreign to British) / National Archives file WO373/185/417.
Award Recommendations / National Archives file WO373/185/4.
Navy Lists 1958.
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