MARTIN, Horace Frederick

Known as: 
Orrie
Rank: 
Lance Corporal
Unit / Base: 
3 Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment
Service: 
Army
Service Number: 
6345199
P.O.W. number: 
25291
Died : 
Saturday, May 30, 1959
Place died or last resided: 
Howletts Bekesbourne, near Canterbury
Age: 
47
Horace Frederick Martin No.3 Commando

Lance Corporal Horace Frederick Martin from Chatham, Kent, was reported missing during operations at Dieppe, France, later found to be a prisoner of war. 

Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/49, WO417/52, and WO417/96.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1.
Transcript of National Archives file WO416/248/274 (date of birth transcribed as 22/6/1910).
Report on his death in the Chatham Observer 5 June 1959, p6.
[Image] His grandson Joshua Martin.
 

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