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.
Died in WW1 serving in the 22nd Battalion, The London Regiment.
A member of Jas. Shoolbred & Co. Ltd. who served in WW1 and returned.
Arthur Richard Kitchen was born on 4 June 1896 in Paddington, London, the son of Arthur Richard Kitchen (1863-1949) and Eliza Kitchen whose birth was registered Mary Ann Eliza Laws but who was bapt...
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