Cyril Arthur Joseph Martin

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Captain (Temporary Major) Cyril Arthur Joseph Martin Major was awarded the George Cross for the courage he showed in defusing a device while serving with the Corps of Royal Engineers Bomb Disposal Squad on the 17th and 18th of January 1943 in Battersea.

He was born on the 23rd of July 1897 in Derby and was commissioned on the 17th of August 1940. Notice of his award appeared in the London Gazette on the 11th of March 1943. [1]