242019 Pte. James Martin British Army 5th Btn. Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry from:Long Hanborough, Oxfordshire (d.19th August 1917) James Martin was invalided out of the 5th Battalion of the Ox and Bucks Light Infantry Regiment with shrapnel wounds deep in his chest. He was not fit to serve but nevertheless was recalled in the summer of 1917. He said goodbye to his young brother Arthur (my father) on the platform at Long Hanborough station in Oxfordshire and said he would never return. A few weeks later on 19th August 1917 and aged just 23 years he was killed in action at the Battle of Passchendaele. He is remembered at Tyne Cot cemetery near Ypres. My second name is James in his proud memory.
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