MARTIN, Arthur George

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Rank: 
Marine
Unit / Base: 
45RM Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Marines
Service: 
Royal Navy
Service Number: 
CH/X. 3718
P.O.W. camps: 
Stalag XI-B (11B), Fallingbostel, Germany
Born: 
Friday, February 29, 1924
Operations: 
'Roer Triangle - Operation Blackcock'
Arthur George Martin, a Market Gardener from Sandwich, Kent, enlisted in the Royal Marines on 8 October 1941. Joined 45RM Commando sometime after its formation which was in August 1943. Marine Martin was reported missing later confirmed prisoner of war 28 January 1945 during operations along the River Maas at Bell Isle, Osen, Netherlands.
 
Sources
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/212/1.
1 Commando Bde HQ War Diary List of Casualties at Bell Isle.
 
Additional content: 
'Casualties at Bell Isle'
Archive pages : 
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