Saturday, 8th January, 1916
A letter card from Marie a
hospital ship had arrived she was
hoping you would be on it.
Also a nice letter from Minnie Fitz—
Telling how much she felt for me &
that she had had a letter from Gen. Cox
(Dec 3rd) saying he had sent in your
name for Captaincy, as you had had
a Company for over a month. We were
delighted to hear this for altho you did
not say so we guessed it from your
letters.
This evening had a letter from
B. Red Cross Society enclosing cable
received from Salonika.
"Believed left behind in retirement
from Ghergehli Ridge1wounded
leg & arm. Hope prisoner."
This has relieved me a little as
now I have a greater hope that you
are safe & hope soon to get even
better news.
Mr.Lambkin sent us a letter from
Ernest telling us how Stanley Cochrane
& Major Hoey are with him in hospital
Editorial Notes1On 8 December 1915, Colonel Cox, mentioned in the diary, discovering that Crete Rivet, a prominent hill in front of his position, was unoccupied, sent up two companies of 6th Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers, including Charles Martin’s D Company to hold the position. At 1400, Bulgarian infantry under cover of machine-gun fire rushed the hill and the two companies were forced to retire and fight their way back to the reinforced position of Crete Simonet. They lost ten dead and fifty-four wounded along the way. Charles Martin went missing in the chaos of retreat and was only confirmed dead in July of 1916.
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Marie Helena Martin
Born 25 April 1892 and died 27 January 1975. Marie Helena was Mary Martin's daughter and worked in Malta and France as a VAD nurse during the First World War. In 1937 she founded the religious order Medical Missionaries of Mary. Charles Andrew Martin
Born 3 June 1895, Charles Andrew was Mary Martin's son. This diary is dedicated to him. He was reported wounded and missing in December 1915 and died of his wounds on December 8 while in Bulgarian captivity, aged 20. However it wasn't until July 1 1916 that official confirmation of his death was received. Minnie Fitzgerald
A cousin of the Martin family. General P. Cox
General P. Cox. As Colonel Cox, he was the commander of 6th Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers, the battalion Charles Martin served and died in. 6th Royal Dublin Fusilliers D Company
The company in the 6th Battalion of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers which Charles Martin, son of Mary Martin led before his death in late 1915. B. Red Cross Society
The British Red Cross provided assistance at the front line and oversaw the deployment of the VAD nurses. It was also active in recording the wounded and missing from the British Army. Salonika
Large city in Greece and disembarkation point for the ill-fated Allied attempt to aid Serbia against Germany and her ally Bulgaria. This was the nearest Allied city to where Charles Martin died. Ghergehli Ridge
This is an error by the Red Cross. The train station where the British battalions alighted to march to the front line was at Ghevgeli in Macedonia. Charles Martin went missing in a Bulgarian attack on Crete Rivet a hill between Causli and Kosturino close to the Greek border
Ernest Lambkin
Close family friend of the Martins. Ernest Lambkin
Son of Ernest Lambkin, close family friend of the Martins, serving in the British Army. Stanley Cochrane
Captain of the 7th Battalion of the Royal Dublin Fusilliers. His family owned the Cantrell and Cochrane mineral water company and he was famous for his fanatical love of cricket. C B Hoey
Major C B Hoey of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers. | 
