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Fold3_Team · 31 Oct 2023
Gazette Information: VICTORIA CROSS,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29135/supplement/3815. Lieutenant Cyril Gordon Martin, 56th Field Company, Corps of Royal Engineers. On 12th March 1915 at Spanbroek Molen, Belgium, Lieutenant Martin volunteered to lead a small bombing party against a section of the enemy trenches which was holding up the advance. Before he started he was wounded, but, taking no notice, he carried on with the attack which was completely successful. He and his small party held the trench against all counter-attacks for two and a half hours until a general withdrawal was ordered. DISTINGUISHED SERVICE ORDER,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/28968/supplement/9108. MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/28942/supplement/8351. GAZETTE ISSUE 28942, MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES, The despatch has been received by the Secretary of States for War from the Field-Marshal Commanding-in-Chief, British Forces in the Field. MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29200/supplement/5987. GAZETTE ISSUE 29200, MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES, The following despatch has been received by the Secretary of State for War from the Field Marshal Commanding-in-Chief, British Forces in the field. ORDER OF THE NILE,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/32864/pages/6339.
Fold3_Team · 31 Oct 2023
Information: Served in the First World War with 56th Field Company, Corps of Royal Engineers. Also served in the Second World War. Ranks achieved: Lieutenant, Captain, Major, Lieutenant-Colonel and Brigadier. Removed from the Corps and still on the active list. Colonel-in-Chief attached to Egyptian Army 26/06/1917. Special Lists 26/06/1917. Waziristan District – 2nd class. Commander, Royal Engineers. Major, Royal Engineers, India, 10/08/1928, Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel 06/05/1932, Army List 1933. Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel, Royal Engineers, Staff Officer, Royal Engineers 2nd Grade, Northern Command, East Indies, seniority date 04/05/1933, Army List 1933. Late Royal Engineers. Acting Brigadier. Officers Of The Army On The Active List 06/05/1935. Commands of the Army (India), Northern Command 07/02/1937. War Office, Commands and Staff 23/04/1941. Aide-de-Camp to The King 1945-47. Territorial Army General List, Section B, Army Cadet Force 09/12/1951.