CAPT. C. MARTINEAU

Location: St Alphege, Solihull, West Midlands, B91 3RB

Details on cross:

Text type (e.g. hand-written, GRU tags, carved): 4 Metal Tags.

3 horizontal detailing the casualty;

CAPT. C. MARTINEAU.

R. WARWICK. REGT.

5 – 5 – 18 .

1 on top the cross at an angle which reads

I.C. 20

Cross dimensions (millimetres please)

Shaft Height: 740

Cross beam width: 400

Width of wood:

Thickness or depth: 25

Other information

Mounting to wall: Screwed into wall. One screw visible at bottom. Could not see top fixing.

Detailing:

Evidence of use in field (earth marking, cracking, staining, shrinkage): None

Surface insertion depth (into ground if apparent): None

Finish (varnish, paint, oiled, unfinished etc): May have been dark stained

Condition (cracked, paint peeling, woodwork, damage etc): No evidence of poor condition but

does not look to have been touched for years.

Notes and observations:

Located on North Wall of North Aisle. (Inside entry door on right).

Is 8-10 feet above floor level above a memorial stone to the same person, which is listed as an

official memorial at http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/17598.

Dates differ on cross and memorial.

A nail protrudes from the lower right hand side.

There is some string behind the lower left hand side of the cross beam

More information about Capt Martineau can be found at;

https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=13810841&PIpi=140044505

Captain Clement Martineau, 10th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment, died of wounds, whilst in a German Field Hospital, on 5th May 1918 aged 21. He had been commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant 21st July 1914 having been a Cadet Colour Serjeant in the Solihull School Contingent, Officer Training Corps. He was placed in the Special Reserve as temporary Lieutenant on 26th December 1914, which was confirmed 2nd February 1915. On the 18th July 1915 he disembarked in France. Captain Martineau was included in the casualty list in the Birmingham Daily Post 30th April 1918, as “wounded and missing”. He was the son of Mr Geoffrey Arthur (steel hinge manufacturer) and Mrs Jessie Clementina Martineau of Touchwood Hall, Solihull, Birmingham.

and

http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?/topic/93122-captain-clement-martineau/

Survey and photographs courtesy of Andy Johnson

Date of survey: 16/9/2017