Awarded the VC for his heroism on 12 March 1915, age 23, while serving in the Corps of Royal Engineers. "With a party of six infantry bombers under intense enemy fire he held back enemy reinforcements for over two and a half hours before being ordered to withdraw. (Spanbroekmoelen, Belgium)". Freemason at: №2877, Khartoum Lodge.
Not to be confused with Cyril Martin (1897–1973) who was awarded the GC.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Cyril Gordon Martin, VC
Graham Thomson Lyall, 27 September 1918, Age 26, 102nd Battalion, Canadian Ex...
Robert Alfred Delamaine was born in Deptford, London, on 2 January 1916, the sixth of the nine children of John William Delamaine (1879-1951) and Alice Ann Delamaine née Smith (1881-1953). His birt...
Jacobite. Taken prisoner at the Battle of Culloden. Tried and beheaded on the Tower Hill scaffold.
Resident of the Central Ward, Hendon who served and died in WW1.
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