Last address in Lewis: 1 Fivig, Bragar,
Son of Mrs. Mary Martin, of 1, Fevig Bragar, Lewis.
Service unit: Royal Naval Reserve, HMT Vanessa II
Service number: 21431/DA
Date of birth: 9 August 1900
Date of death: 25 October 1918 at the age of 18
Died in Liverpool
Interred: Bragar Old Churchyard
John appears in the 1901 census, aged 8 months, at 1 Feevig, son of Donald (34) and Mary (32), grandson of Angus (60) and Ann Macaulay (57) and brother of Murdo (8), Donald (4) and Mary (2).
Stornoway Gazette, 22 November 1918 The remains of the late John Martin, seaman RNRT, arrived in Bragar on Tuesday of last week from an English seaport. Youn gMartin had only recently joined the service, caught the influenza and other complications followed, with the result that he succumbed after ten days' illness. He was a young man of excellent repute, cheerful and bright, and a great favourite with young and old. He was buried in Bragar Cemetery. Great sympathy is felt for his widowed mother, brothers and sisters in their sad bereavement.
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