LEMAN LESLIE MARTIN
Leman is remembered on the war memorial at the Town Hall, Ipswich.
Born: 1917, Whatfield, Suffolk.
Died: 29th May 1940; age: 23.
Residence: Suffolk.
Rank: Private; Service Number: 5826449.
Regiment: Suffolk Regiment, 1st Battalion – Infantry.
Final resting place unknown.
Memorial Reference:
Column 46.
Dunkirk Town,
France.
Relatives Notified & Address: Son of Maurice Charles Martin & Margaret Amelia Martin, of Whatfield, Suffolk.
Father: Maurice Charles Martin, born 1883, Hadleigh, Suffolk.
Mother: Margaret Amelia Martin (nee Wright), born 1882, Whatfield, Suffolk.
1st Battalion:
September 1939: On the outbreak of war the Battalion was based in Devonport. It was part of 8th Infantry Brigade, 3rd Division.
October 1939: They went to France.
May/June 1940: The Battalion were evacuated from Dunkirk and returned to the UK.
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