Martin Kyle
| Rank | Private 46253 | |
| Medals | British War Medal, Victory Medal | |
| Regiment | Royal Scots, 13th Battalion | |
| Military Service | Kyle enlisted (was conscripted?) on 2nd March 1916. He did not go to the front until 25th July 1917 which suggests he spent some of the intervening period in the reserve but his service records are so badly damaged it is impossible to tell. He joined the 13th Battalion Royal Scots on 10th August 1917. This battalion had been in France since July 1915 as part of 45th Brigade, 15th (Scottish) Division. By August 1917 it had moved north to the Ypres salient | |
| Born | c1895, Glasgow | |
| Death | 22nd August 1917 | |
| Circumstances of Death | Between 21st and 24th August the battalion incurred 266 casualties in action of whom 112 were posted missing. Kyle was amongst these 112 missing and his body was never recovered. | |
| Age | 33 | |
| Memorial | Tyne Cot Memorial, Panel 11 to 14 and 162 | |
| CWGC Information | None | |
| Parents | Allan Kyle (c1852-1906) & Jane Martin (c1854-1925) | |
| Father's Occupation | Carting contractor | |
| Siblings | Henry (-1942) , Jeanie (c1882-) (Mrs Semple), Allan (c1884-), Andrew (c1886-), Rebecca (c1889-) (married), Maggie (c1891-) (married) | |
| Spouse | Jessie Martin, married 25th January 1917. Jessie may have remarried by 1920 because in some parts of Kyle’s service records she is named as Jeanie/Jessie Queen. | |
| Education | Not known | |
| Occupation | Apprentice Cartwright (1911) | |
| 1901 Census | 320 Garngadhill, Glasgow | |
| 1911 Census | 34 Glenpark Street, Glasgow | |
| Home Address | 42 Clyde Street, Anderston, Glasgow | |
| Glasgow Necropolis | Compartment Quartus Lair 320 | |
| Other Memorials | Scottish National War Memorial | |
| Other Information | Widow was awarded a pension of 18s 9d per week for herself and her child starting on 22nd April 1918 | |
| Acknowledgements and Sources | Much of the information on which this profile is based is drawn from various internet sources which are listed below. The Friends of Glasgow Necropolis also wish to make full acknowledgement and thanks for the permitted use of any information or images generously supplied specifically for exhibition, publication or display in connection with The Roll of Honour and accompanying profiles to Ancestry, and Find my past. Commonwealth War Graves Commission The Scottish War Memorials Project Service Records of Martin Kyle. 13th Battalion the Royal Scots, War Diary 1st Aug 1917 – 31st Dec 1917. (TNA WO WO 95/1946/4)
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Gallery
Martin Kyle Monument - Quartus
Credits
Compiled by Morag Fyfe, Historical and Genealogical Researcher for The Friends of Glasgow Necropolis.
