Name
Martin Lloyd Weston
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
10/08/1915
25
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
14232
Hampshire Regiment
10th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
HELLES MEMORIAL
Panel 125-134 or 223-226 228-229 & 328.
Turkey (including Gallipoli)
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Christchurch Memorial, Little Heath,
Potters Bar, Little Heath & Bentley Heath Memorial, Potters Bar,
All Souls Chapel Book of Remembrance, Potters Bar
Pre War
Born in Torquay, Devon in 1890. Son of James and Priscilla Weston, of Cressing Temple, Braintree, Essex. In 1911 he was an elementary school teacher and living in lodgings in St Albans. Enlisted at Winchester while resident in Little Heath.
Wartime Service
The 10th Battalion was formed from men volunteering in August 1914. Landed at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli, 6 August 1915.
Additional Information
Killed in action during the Battle of Sari Bair.
Acknowledgments
Martin Cope