J.18000. (Dev) AB Percy Martin, RN

1896 Oct 1. at Coleford, Gloucestershire, England

1901 census

1911 census at 26 Essex St Bedminster Bristol

Serving on HMS Snowdrop when he died. Snowdrop was built at the yards of McMillan, and was launched on 7 October 1915. She served during the First World War. In 1918 she rescued the survivors from the liner that rescued the survivors from the ill-fated Titanic, RMSĀ Carpathia, which had been torpedoed three times and sunk by U-55. Also that same year she took the American destroyer USSĀ Cassin in tow, after the Cassin had been damaged by U-61. Snowdrop survived the war and continued in service until being sold for breaking up on 15 January 1923 to the Unity Ship Breaking Company.

1919 Feb 22. Died from Illness. Mother is Elizabeth 23a, East Street, Bedminster, Bristol, Glos

Buried in Civil Cemetery Queenstown, County Cork, Ireland

British soldiers died in Ireland