John Martin

John Martin was born in Cumnock in 1879 to Matthew Martin a joiner and his wife Elizabeth Begg.

Name:	John Martin
Birth Place:	Old Cumnock, Ayrshire
Death Date:	18 Dec 1914
Death Place:	France and Flanders
Enlistment Place:	Glasgow
Rank:	GDSN (Guardsman)
Regiment:	Scots Guards
Regimental Number:	10818
Type of Casualty:	Killed in action
Theatre of War:	Western EuropeTan Theatre

The CWGC gives us more information on his family. He was married to Margaret Martin, of 30, Old Dalmarnock Rd, Bridgeton, Glasgow

1881

Ayr Road, Cumnock

Matthew Martin             35 carpenter b Whithorn

Elizabeth Martin             36 b Stoneykirk

Janet Martin             11 b Glasgow

James Martin             7 b Govan

John Martin             1 b Cumnock

1891

14 Tower St Cumock

Matthew Martin             42 bWhithorn

Elisabeth Martin             46 b Stoneykirk

James Martin             17 b Linthouse

John Martin             11 b Cumnock

1901

1 Braehead Auchinleck

Matthew Martin             53 joiner

Elezabeth Martin             53

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John Martin does not appear on Cumnock War Memorial. He is on the Ploegsteert Memorial in Belgium.