Lancelot Lucien Martin
Surname: Martin
Other names: Lancelot Lucien
Locations in this story: Ashmore, Shaftesbury, DorsetGallipoli, TurkeyKeynston, Tarrant Keynston, Blandford, DorsetSherborne, DorsetHelles Memorial, TurkeyEgypt
Story: Lancelot Lucien Martin was born in 1893 in Keynston, Tarrant Keynston, Dorset, and baptised at Tarrant Keynston, Dorset, on 6th August 1893. He was the son of Montague Francis Martin, a farmer (mixed), and Carrie Martin née Voss. At the time of the 1911 Census he was single, working as a farm labourer and living at North Farm, Ashmore, Shaftesbury, Dorset.
He enlisted in Sherborne, Dorset, as a Private in the 1/1st Battalion of the Dorset (Queens Own) Yeomanry (Service No. 957). He was posted to Egypt on 23 Apr 1915 served at Gallipoli, Turkey, and was awarded the Victory and British War Medals as well as the 1915 Star. He was presumed killed in action at Gallipoli on 21st August 1915 and his name appears on the Helles Memorial in Turkey (Panel 17 & 18). He is also remembered on the Ashmore War Memorial, Shaftesbury.
He enlisted in Sherborne, Dorset, as a Private in the 1/1st Battalion of the Dorset (Queens Own) Yeomanry (Service No. 957). He was posted to Egypt on 23 Apr 1915 served at Gallipoli, Turkey, and was awarded the Victory and British War Medals as well as the 1915 Star. He was presumed killed in action at Gallipoli on 21st August 1915 and his name appears on the Helles Memorial in Turkey (Panel 17 & 18). He is also remembered on the Ashmore War Memorial, Shaftesbury.
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