See Operation Mincemeat for Major Martin's role in WW2. The body was identified in 1996 as that of Glyndwr Michael, a Welsh homeless man, but the page puts forward a number of other possibilities.
Wikipedia has this grim photo captioned "Corpse of 'William Martin', prepared for release into the water".
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Major William Martin
The Biblical quotation draws attention to the secrecy which was essential to ...
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
Employed at the Holloway bus/tram garage - Pemberton Gardens. Served and was killed in WW1.
A London territorial unit which served in WW1 and beyond. It was formed on 1 April 1908 under the Haldane Reforms which created Territorial Force regiments. The 22nd (County of London) Battalion,...
Kenneth William Richter was born on 27 January 1920, the eldest of the four children of William Richter (1890-1934) and Harriet Martha Richter née Axon (1891-1970). His birth was registered in the ...
Army officer, painter, philanthropist. Born John Thomas Barber and in 1812 for no known reason, he added the name of Beaumont. He specialised in historical and portrait miniatures, and displayed at...
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