Notes
The memorial states he attended the Adult Education Service in 1928-31. The Wolverhampton War Memorials website (see References) adds: '153 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Arthur was born 26 July 1916 in Wolverhampton son of William James Martin and Florence Louisa Martin. He married Kathleen Emma Bayliss, of Wolverhampton March 1941 in Wolverhampton. The 1939 Register records Arthur living with his parents at 45 Powell Street Wolverhampton and employed as a Grocery shop manager. He enlisted into the RAF at Cardington sometime after April 1940 and was appointed as a Class F Reservist - Airmen with no previous regular service experience. Arthur was killed in action 21 February 1945 aged 28 when his aircraft Lancaster I NN785 was shot down by a night fighter at Hassilinghausen northeast of Wuppertal during a raid on Dortmund. Four of the crew survived and were captured. 4. E. 15. Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Kleve, Germany.'