Chailey Parish Magazine notes in its January 1918 edition that Private W T Martin is serving with the 1/5th Buffs (East Kent Regiment). This information is then repeated up to and including the final published roll in July 1919.
He probably enlisted under The
Derby Scheme and is almost certainly the same G/18321 Private W T Martin whose
medal index card at The National Archives shows him serving with the 5th East
Kent Regiment.
William had been schooled at
Newick and at some point he sent a photo of himself to John Oldaker, the
headmaster of Newick School who had made it a point to contact all old boys and
make notes about what they were doing and where they were serving. His
notes for William Martin state:
[Pupil] 1894-1901. Enlisted
August 30th 1916, East Kent Regt, Buffs, 3rd Batt. Afterwards to 5th
Battn. Went to India Mesopotamia .
William's employers, H & W R Fuller, had actually applied for his exemption from military service, as reported by the Sussex Agricultural Express on the 26th May 1916. They were unsuccessful.
My thanks to Simon Stevens for the information and photograph from John Oldaker's album, and to Ancestry for the medal index card image.
William's employers, H & W R Fuller, had actually applied for his exemption from military service, as reported by the Sussex Agricultural Express on the 26th May 1916. They were unsuccessful.
My thanks to Simon Stevens for the information and photograph from John Oldaker's album, and to Ancestry for the medal index card image.
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