Research Notes
From Alfred Martin's Service Record –
Aged 21 years 193 days; coal miner; single; attested 01/09/14; demobbed 29/03/19; hospital 17/10/18 to 29/10/18 with malaria; born 1892; address for pay 13 Birchwood Lane, Alfreton; expeditionary force 14/07/15; next of kin Alfred (father) of Mill yard Somercotes; height 5ft 4in; weight 134lb; blue eyes and light brown hair; Methodist; mole on left arm' gun shot wound on left arm; 20% disability; mother Hannah Martin of 7, Mill Yard; separation allowance 7/1, allotment of pay 3/6; 28/01/19 embarked from Bombay; Bombay 06/06/17 when on active service and when warned for Dock Picquet reported sick without a cause, awarded 8 days confined to barracks; Bombay 08/08/17 when on active service absent from 6.45am parade, awarded 4 days confined to barracks.
Derbyshire Times 16 October 1915
FORMER CRICH MAN WOUNDED
Mr Alfred Martin, late of Crich, now residing at Somercotes, has received the following tribute from the Commanding Officer to his son, Pvte. A.B. Martin, No 14116, D Co. 10th Battalion, Notts and Derby. Private Martin was struck by a bullet which passed right through the muscle of his arm, causing paralysis for the time. He was conveyed to Etaples Hospital, but is now at Nether Court V.A.D. Hospital, Ramsgate where he is progressing favourably. "Had it not been for the spade he was using he would have been killed; he was a credit to his platoon, and was very calm under fire. He was a man with very high ideals, and always tried to live up to them. Such men do their comrades good, and I was very sorry to lose him." My Martin also has another son (Pvte. John Martin in the Notts and Derbys.
1901 Census: Crich Common
| Forename | Surname | Relationship | Age | Occupation | Where born |
| Alfred | Martin | Head | 33 | Stone cutter | Crich |
| Catherine | wife | 34 | Crich | ||
| Alfred B | son | 8 | Matlock Bank | ||
| Ida | daughter | 7 | Crich | ||
| Hannah M | daughter | 5 | Crich | ||
| John H | son | 4 | Crich | ||
| Constance | daughter | 2 | Crich |
1911 Census: Mill Yard, Somercotes
| Forename | Surname | Relationship | Age | Occupation | Where born |
| Alfred | Martin | Head | 43 | Dutaller coal mine | Crich |
| Katherine | wife | 44 | Crich | ||
| Alfred Burtram | son | 18 | Labourer coal mine | Matlock | |
| John Henry | son | 14 | Ganger coal mine | Crich | |
| Constance | daughter | 12 | School | Crich | |
| Sarah Emma | daughter | 9 | School | Crich | |
| Kathleen | daughter | 7 | School | Crich | |
| Elizabeth | daughter | 3 | Crich |
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H.T Castalia on which Alfred travelled back from India in 1917
Alfred Martin's brother John Martin is also on the Roll of Honour.