Martin, Deryck John Michael
Flight-Sergeant Martin. Former Hay Hill Minister’ s killed. The only son of a former Minister of Hay Hill Baptist Church Flight-Sergt Derek J. M. Martin R.A.F., has ben reported killed. He was 24 years old.
His father the Rev. Arthur Martin, was for five years a minister at Hay Hill Baptist Church.
They left the city in 1928 and went to Wisbech, and Derek went to King’ s College, London, to study research chemistry. He then took his B.Sc. at Bristol University, and joined the R.A.F. immediately afterwards.
Mr. Martin, with his wife and two daughters, lives at Maidenhead where he holds a ministry. He is also a chaplain to the R.A.F. Bath Chronicle & Herald, 22nd October 1943.
Biographical
| Surname(s) | Martin |
|---|---|
| First name(s) | Deryck John Michael |
| Date of birth | 21 August 1919 |
| Place of birth | Bridport Registration District |
| Family details | Son of Arthur Stanley and Clementine Florence Martin of Maidenhead Berks |
| Previous education | Bath; Wisbech High School; Wisbech Grammar School; Sir William Borlase's School, Marlow |
| College | King's College London and/or King's College London Hospital |
| Dates at college | 1937-1940 |
| Dept / course | Science |
| Qualifications | B.Sc. |
| Military unit | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
| Service number | 1292918 |
| War / conflict | World War Two (1939-1945) |
| Date of death | 11/10/1943 |
| Age at death | 24 |
| Rank at death | Flight Sergeant (Pilot) |
| Cause of death | Killed in action |
| Burial place | Henley Road Reading Cematorium |
| Commemoration(s) | King’ s College Chapel |
| Sources | King's College London Archives; Commonwealth War Graves Commission; King’ s College Review May 1945 |