Christopher Martin

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

55666

Unit at enlistment:

19th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Date of death:

October 3rd, 1916

Cemetery:

Vimy Memorial - Pas de Calais, France

Commemorated at:

St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church

Birth country:

England

Birth county:

Kent

Birth city:

Maidstone

Address at enlistment:

79 Mohawk Street, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

79 Mohawk Street, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Labourer

Religious denominations:

Church of England

Marital status:

Single

Age at enlistment:

Letters and documents

Circumstances of service: Killed

Circumstances of Casualty: Killed in Action. While on duty in a reserve trench at Courcelette, he was killed by a piece of shrapnel from a large enemy high explosive shell which pierced his brain.

BX October 17, 1916

Still another local man, Private C. Martin has paid the supreme price, his name being contained in this morning’s casualty list as having been killed in action, Oct. 3.

Private Christopher Martin was with the 19th Battalion, having joined Capt. E.H. Newman’s command here. He is a son of Private A. Martin of the Frontier Home Guard and Mrs. Ellen Martin, 79 Mohawk Street. Private Martin, who was 26 years of age, was employed as a carpenter’s helper on a number of houses in this city. He had quite a reputation with the gun, being a keen hunter. He was very popular among a wide circle of friends.

In addition to his parents, who mourn his loss, but glory in the manner of his death for King and Country, he leaves three brothers, Fred, in Johnston, Ohio; Matthew of the 215th, and David of Belleview, and three sisters, Mrs. Phillips, Calgary; Mrs. Cotton and Mrs. Brooker, both of this city.