Chailey Parish Magazine notes in October 1915 that Pte A V Martin is serving with the 2^nd Royal Sussex Regiment in England.  The following month it notes that he is in France.  In April 1917, the magazine notes that he has been appointed lance-corporal and has also been wounded.  This information is then repeated up to and including September 1917, after which there is no further reference to this man.

 

A V Martin is probably Albert Victor Martin who was born at Woodmancote, Sussex in 1887.  He appears on the 1901 census of England and Wales living in Ashington, Sussex.

 

The National Archives’ on-line medal information card index notes L/10421 Private Albert V Martin serving with the Royal Sussex Regiment.

 

 

Sources and Acknowledgements

 

• England and Wales, Civil Registration Index: 1837-1983
• 1901 Census of England and Wales
• Chailey Parish Magazine