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...
Captain Frederick Charles Booth VC, DCM. Born Holloway. Served in the British South Africa Police in Southern Rhodesia 1912-17. He was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions on 12 February 191...
Lindsay Frederick Moors was born on 24 September 1894, the son of Frederick Moors (1870-1899) and Ann Elizabeth Moors née Isaacs (b.1875). His birth was registered as Lindsey Frederick Moors in the...
John Henry Thomas Gast was born on 17 October 1880 in Marylebone, Middlesex (now Greater London), the son of Thomas Hunt Gast (1863-1923) and Mary Jane Gast née Beels (1849-1905). His birth was reg...
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
Francis Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, 2nd Baron Derwent. Army officer and landowner. Attended Eton, 1864-9. First born son to Harcourt Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone of Hackness Grange, Scarborough. Harcourt...
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