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Bmdr. Arthur Robert Martin
British Army 86th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
(d.3rd June 1916)
Arthur Martin's name is on the war memorial in Milton Village, Cambridge along with his brother, Harvey George Martin.
Arthur enlisted prior to the war. 1911 Census he was serving in India under Major Lawrence Christian Gordon. In the 86th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery.
The regiment transferred to Mesopotamia and were in the Siege of Kut-al-Amara with its surrender on the 22nd April 1917.
He is believed to have been taken captive and marched to Basra where his name appears on a memorial.