SOE Brereton Martin, William Percy Somerset

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Brereton Martin ​

• FORENAME

William Percy Somerset (Paddy)​

• UNIT

Force 136 SOE ​

• RANK

T/Major ​

• NUMBER

EC/5380 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

25th January 1945 ​

• AGE

40 ​

• GRAVESITE

Singapore Memorial,Singapore Column 153 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

parent unit Corps of Indian Engineers (Sappers and Miners)​

born 30.9.1904 Batu Gajah,Malaya​

son of Steven Fielding and Lavinia Brereton Martin​

husband of Mary Brereton Martin,Loughton,Essex​

rubber planter​

SSVC​

HQ (Army) Singapore (intelligence)​

SOE May 1943 in Bangalore​

award Mention in Despatches (posthumous)​

Op.Carpenter - KIA Malaya ​