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Cuthbert Thomas Martin | |
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| Born | December 1877 |
| Died | 27 May 1918 (aged 40) France |
Brigadier-General Cuthbert Thomas Martin, DSO* (December 1877 – 27 May 1918) was a British Army officer. He was killed by a shell during the Third Battle of the Aisne while commanding the 151st (Durham Light Infantry) Brigade. Brigadier-General Edward Riddell, who was with him, was wounded at the same time.
Biography
[edit]Martin was the son of Sir Acquin Martin and Lady Martin.
He joined the British Army when he was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Highland Light Infantry on 15 May 1897, and with the 1st Battalion of his regiment took part in the occupation of Crete in 1898.[1] Serving in South Africa during the Second Boer War, he took part in the battles of Modder River (November 1899), Magersfontein (December 1899), Koodoosberg, Retief's Nek, and Witpoort (July 1900).[1] He was promoted to lieutenant while in South Africa, on 11 February 1900.[2]
References
[edit]- Davis, Frank; Maddocks, Graham (1995). Bloody Red Tabs - General Officer Casualties of the Great War, 1914-1918. London: Leo Cooper, pp. 89-90.
- 1 2 Hart's Army list, 1901
- ↑ "No. 27179". The London Gazette. 3 April 1900. p. 2199.