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Edward Francis Martin

In memory of:

Gunner Edward Francis Martin

September 6, 1917

Military Service

Service Number:

1257534

Age:

39

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Garrison Artillery

Division:

9th Siege Bty.

Additional Information

Born:

September 14, 1879

Son of Russell and Adeline Martin, of Cork, Ireland; husband of Emily Maria Martin, of Elderbank, Halifax Co., Nova Scotia.

Commemorated on Page 291 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

LIEVIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

IV. D. 20.

Location:

Lievin is a small town in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 3.5 kilometres west of Lens. The Communal Cemetery is on the south-west side of the town on the road to Givenchy-en-Gohelle.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Memorial– The inscription on the memorial to the dead of the 9th Canadian Siege Battery located at Royal Artillery Park in Halifax, Nova Scotia, showing Edward Martin's name. Photo taken by Tom Tulloch.

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    Memorial – The inscription on the memorial to the dead of the 9th Canadian Siege Battery located at Royal Artillery Park in Halifax, Nova Scotia, showing Edward Martin's name. Photo taken by Tom Tulloch.
  • Memorial– The memorial to the dead of the 9th Canadian Siege Battery at Royal Artillery Park, Halifax, Nova Scotia, on which Edward Martin's name is inscribed. Photograph by Tom Tulloch.

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    Memorial – The memorial to the dead of the 9th Canadian Siege Battery at Royal Artillery Park, Halifax, Nova Scotia, on which Edward Martin's name is inscribed. Photograph by Tom Tulloch.
  • Photo of Edward Martin– Edward Martin and his sister Adeline.

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    Photo of Edward Martin – Edward Martin and his sister Adeline.

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