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Mr Alexander Martin, Gavieside, West Calder, has received notice that his son Pte Thos. Martin, of the Cameron Highlanders, is missing. The news was conveyed to Mr Martin in a letter from the Lieut. of the Battalion. Pte Martin enlisted in the early days of the war and was wounded in action. He made a good recovery, and returned to the front where he has taken part in more severe fighting.
Midlothian Advertiser, May 25, 1917
In Memory of
THOMAS MARTIN
Private
S/22407
5th Bn, Cameron Highlanders
who died on
Thursday, 3rd May 1917.
Commemorative Information
Memorial: ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France
Grave Reference/Panel Number: Bay 9
Location: The Arras Memorial is in the Faubourg-d'Amiens Cemetery, which is in the Boulevard du General de Gaulle in the western part of the town of Arras. The cemetery is near the Citadel, approximately 2 kilometres due west of the railway station. The Memorial commemorates almost 35,000 casualties of the British, New Zealand and South African Forces who died between Spring 1916 and 7th August 1918, with the exception of casualties of the Battle of Cambrai in 1917, and who have no known grave. The design, by Sir Edward Lutyens, consists of a cloister, 25 feet high and 380 feet long, built up on Doric columns and faces west. In the broader part of the site the colonnade returns to form a recessed and open court, terminated by an apse. The names of the casualties are carved on stone panels fixed to the cloister walls.
CWGC website
Mr Alexander Martin, Gavieside, West Calder, has been officially notified that his son, Pte Thomas Martin of the Cameron Highlanders, who was reported missing last year, is now presumed to have been killed in action. Previous to enlisting he was employed as a clerk at Foulshiels Colliery.
Midlothian Advertiser, August 2nd, 1918
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