Blackmore. Remembrance 100. Twenty-one days. Twenty-one names. (20) Ernest Charles Martin

Ernest Charles Martin

War Memorial: Place and inscription Blackmore War Memorial: Pte. E. Martin Essex Church Window: Ernest C Martin Ongar & District War Memorial Hospital Roll of Honour (Blackmore) as E C Martin [ERO A10815]

Rank: Private

Regiment: Essex Regiment. 11th Battalion. Service No: 14241 [CWGC]

Service Details: Born:  Holloway, Middlesex, Enlisted:  Warley, Essex Residence:  Blackmore, Essex [Military genealogy.com] No military record found 100114 Medal cards of two Ernest Martins exist, but both show that they were demobilised at the end of the war.  An Ernest Charles Martin was discharged due to sickness 6/1916, and so cannot be a candidate.

Personal and family information: Blackmore Ernest Martin baptised 9th August 1886 (born 15/12/1880). His parents were Charles, an agricultural machine owner, and Emma [ERO D/P 266/1/11]. 1881 Census. Blackmore Charles Martin.  Engine Proprietor & Driver (Agric). [Age] 47. [Born] Gt Baddow Emma Martin. Wife. [Age] 42. [Born]. Ripley, Surrey Henry Martin. Son. Ag Lab. [Age] 18. [Born] Gt Baddow Cornelius Martin. Son. Scholar. [Age] 13. [Born] Writtle, Essex Walter Martin. Son. Scholar. [Age] 10. [Born] Writtle, Essex Arthur Martin. Son. Scholar. [Age] 5. [Born] Writtle, Essex Ernest Martin. Son. [Age] 3m. [Born] Blackmore No record of family on 1891 or 1901 census in Blackmore. Charles Martin, Proprietor of steam thrashing machines Kelly's Directory 1890 and 1906

Date of Death: 27th September 1916

Age: 35

Where died: Wounded 9/15. Killed in action. France. 27.9.1916. No known grave. [source: Essex Regiment Museum database]

Place of Burial or Commemoration: Memorial: Thiepval Memorial. Pier & Face 10D

List of Sources: Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Essex Record Office, Essex Regiment Museum. Soldiers who Died in the Great War.