Sergeant Frank Martin

Army Number: 305237

Battalion: 2/5th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Arnold, Nottingham. Son of Joseph and Charlotte. Lived at Watford, Hertfordshire and was for a time a miner at Newstead Colliery, Nottinghamshire. He enlisted at Kimberley, Nottinghamshire and was killed in action, 21st March 1918, whilst holding the line near Noreuil, France on the opening day of the German Spring Offensive or (Kaiserschlact)

Commemorated: Arras Memorial, France. Bay 7.

Arras Memorial, France.

Sergeant Frank Martin is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
Arnot Hill Park War Memorial, Arnold, Nottinghamshire.
St. Mary’s Church War Memorial, Arnold, Nottinghamshire.
St. Paul’s Church War Memorial, Daybrook, Nottinghamshire.

Arnot Hill Park War Memorial, Arnold, Nottingham
Arnot Hill Park War Memorial, Arnold, Nottingham

His brother Lance Corporal Fred Martin 1st Battalion King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry also fell in the Great War.