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 ...
Henry Daniel Aldred was born in Penge, Kent (now Greater London) the youngest of the five children of George Henry Aldred (1859-1930) and Caroline Aldred née Perry (1859-1913). His birth was regist...
Awarded the VC for his heroism on 25 April 1915, age 22, while serving in the Lancashire Fusiliers. "One of the six VCs awarded before breakfast on 25 4 1915. Selected by his comrades as one of the...
Resident of the Central Ward, Hendon who served and died in WW1.
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