See Operation Mincemeat for Major Martin's role in WW2. The body was identified in 1996 as that of Glyndwr Michael, a Welsh homeless man, but the Wikipedia page puts forward a number of other possibilities.
Wikipedia has this grim photo captioned "Corpse of 'William Martin', prepared for release into the water".
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Major William Martin
The Biblical quotation draws attention to the secrecy which was essential to ...
Arthur Bernard Kitchener was born out of wedlock on 1 June 1887 at Queen Charlotte's Maternity Hospital, 189-191, Marylebone Road, NW1. This was a 'Lying-in Hospital' and catered for unmarried moth...
David Waring Eustace was born on 2 July 1944 in Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, a son of Colonel Frank Albert Eustace, OBE, Royal Marines, (1908-1976) and Rosemary Anne Eustace née King (1917-1978). His ...
Employed at the Holloway tram garage. Served and was killed in WW1.
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
Fela Aníkúlápó Kuti, 1938- -1997, singer, multi-instrumentalist, composer and Nigerian activist lived in this house as a student in 1958....
We were surprised to see a memorial plaque attached to this piece of street furniture, a way-finding finger-post. Is this the only one? O...
The plaque is between the windows on the ground and first floor.
Diarist and Secretary of the Admiralty. Born Salisbury Court, where his father ran a tailoring business. The house backed onto St Brides church. Highly regarded administrator of the navy. Served C...
Person, Literature, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Seriously Famous
Abram Games, 1914 - 1996, poster artist and designer, lived and worked here, 1948 - 1996. English Heritage
