Edwin Barnard Martin
Appearance
Edwin Barnard Martin was a member of the British Free Corps during the Second World War. A Canadian from Riverside, Ontario, Martin was a private in the Canadian Army's Essex Scottish Regiment who had been captured during the controversial Dieppe raid in August 1942.[1] In March 1944 he 'voluntarily left BFC for the isolation camp, by then situated near Schwerin in Mecklenburg.'[2] The Canadian court-martial which heard his case after the War passed a sentence of 25 years' imprisonment for being an informer and a member of the British Free Corps.[3]
See also
References
Bibliography
- West, Rebecca (1949). "Chapter III: The Children - Kenneth Edward and Stoker Rose - Section II - PP 288ff". The Meaning of Treason. London: Macmillan & Co Ltd.
External links
- "Forced To Join British Free Corps." Times, London, England, 1 September 1945: 2. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 18 Feb. 2015.
- "Alleged Aid To The Enemy." Times, London, England, 4 September 1945: 2. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 18 Feb. 2015.
- "Denial Of Aiding Enemy." Times, London, England, 5 September 1945: 2. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 19 Feb. 2015.
- "Court-Martial On Soldier." Times, London, England, 6 September 1945: 2. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 16 April 2015.
- "Germans put Canadian "on the spot"." Times, London, England, 7 September 1945: 2. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 18 Feb. 2015.
- "Sentences For Aiding The Enemy." Times, London, England, 29 September 1945: 2. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 19 Feb. 2015.