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Martin Charles William Dumaresq was born in Hampshire on 10 June 1915, the son of Rear Admiral John Saumarez Dumaresq CB MVO RN, and Christian Elizabeth Louisa (née Dalrymple). He was educated at Radley College from 1929 to 1934, where he was a member of the Hockey XI and President of the Musical Society as well as a School Prefect.
Martin Dumaresq entered Worcester College on 12 October 1934, and achieved 4th class honours in Literae Humaniores (Classics) in 1938. He was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant as a University Candidate on the General List for the Territorial Army on 2 August 1938. He transferred as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery on 21 September 1938.
In 1941 Captain Martin Dumaresq was stationed in Greece, and was killed defending the bridge over the Corinth Canal when it was attacked by German parachutists on 26 April 1941. He was 26 years old.
Martin Dumaresq is buried at Phaleron War Cemetery, and is commemorated on the war memorials at Radley College, and at Worcester College, Oxford.