Basic Details
Surname
Martin
Forenames
Robert
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Service number
11079
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 80 Belsize Avenue, Woodston.

(CWGC records that Private R Martin, regimental number 11079, died on 7/6/1917 serving in 32nd Battalion of the Royal Fusiliers, and is now buried in grave XIII.E.3 at Voormezeele Enclosure No 3 in Belgium, having been reinterred after the War. Robert's address for Probate was 80 Belsize Avenue Woodston; the Probate index recorded him as a Private in the 5th Royal Fusiliers, and that his widow Florence was his executrix. His marriage to Florence German was registered in Peterborough in 1903. On the 1911 census they were living at 80 Belsize Avenue; Robert gave his age as 29, stating he had been born in Eaton Socon, Bedfordshire).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Royal Fusiliers
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
Not stated on memorial
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Pte
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Belgium
Town of death
Messines
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1917
Month of death
June
Day of death
7
Manner of death as stated
Killed in action at Messines
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action
Personal Details
Address
80 Belsize Avenue, Woodstone
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial