Thomas Peart Martin MM

Rank:

Sergeant Major

Regimental number:

109722

Unit at enlistment:

4th Canadian Mounted Rifles

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Yes

Wounded:

Yes

Cemetery:

Paris Cemetery, Paris, Ontario

Awards or decorations:

Military Medal

Commemorated at:

Paris Presbyterian Church, St. James Anglican Church (Paris)

Birth country:

Canada

Birth county:

Wellington

Birth city:

Guelph, Ontario

Address at enlistment:

Washington Street, Paris, Ontario

Next of kin address:

Washington Street, Paris, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Bank clerk

Religious denominations:

Church of England

Marital status:

Single

Age at enlistment:

Gallantry medals:

Yes

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Letters and documents

London Gazette: 30095
Date: May 26, 1917
Honour or Award: Military Medal
Authority: R.O. 1693 Lipsett, April 14, 1917
Name: Thomas Peart Martin (109722)
Unit: 4th C.M.R.

Details: For gallant conduct and devotion to duty on the night of 29/30th, March 1917, at Neuville St. Vaast. He helped to organize a raid having on two previous occasions reconnoitered the ground during one of which the party was bombed. He took part in the raid, killing two of the enemy. His officer having been severally wounded in the German front line ordered him to retire as the position was strongly held and they were being severely bombed and shot at. He refused and despite great difficulty (his officer weighing 225 lbs.) and under heavy fire succeeded in dragging him back to our lines.

BX September 19, 1917

Casualties of Paris Men Are Reported – Sergeant Thomas Peart Martin has Gas Poisoning, Pte. Isaac Hopkins Wounded

(From Our Own Correspondent)

PARIS, Sept. 19 – Mr. Matthew Martin has received official notification from Ottawa that his son, Sergeant Thomas Martin was in hospital suffering from gas poisoning. Sergt. Thomas Martin went overseas with the 4th C.M.R.

BX September 20, 1917

Wounded, Gassed – Sergeant Major Thomas Martin, Paris

In today’s casualty list Acting Sergeant Major Thomas P. Martin of Paris is reported as wounded and gassed.

BX November 22, 1941

Thomas P. Peart

Passing of Thomas P. Martin, Paris – Former Mayor and Active Citizen Died Suddenly This Morning

PARIS, Nov. 22 – Death came very suddenly early this morning to a prominent Paris resident – Thomas P. Martin, Jane Street. Deceased had been in failing health for some time, but this passing came as a great shock to relatives and friends.

During the 1930’s Mr. Martin took an active part in Paris politics, serving as Mayor in 1936, and several times as Reeve and Deputy Reeve. He was a former member of the Paris Lions Club and acted on various municipal boards during his terms of office on the Council.

He was born in Aberfoyle, near Guelph, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Martin. His widow (the former Miss Jean Patterson) and two uncles, Joseph Martin, Paris, and William Martin, State of Washington, U.S.A., are the only surviving relatives.

Though a resident of Paris for a number of years, he had spent considerable time in the Canadian West, also. Mr. Martin was a member of the Paris Presbyterian Church.

BX November 25, 1941

Thomas P. Martin

Parisians attended the funeral service in large numbers to pay their final respects to a former Mayor and active Council worker, Thomas P. Martin who died in Paris on Saturday, November 22. The service was held from the home of Allan Patterson, Dumfries Street, with interment in Paris Cemetery. Rev. Robert Boyle of Penmarvian, officiated, assisted by Rev. R.M. Geiger, Minister of St. Paul’s United Church. St. John’s Lodge, A.F. and A.M., and the Paris Branch of the Canadian Legion took part in the service at the house and graveside. The deceased was a member of both the Masonic Lodge and the Legion Branch No. 29. Town officials were present in a body. The pallbearers were: K.E. Robinson, James Riddell, J. Laine, George Foulds, E.R. Crombie and James Davidson.