Edwin Barnard Martin

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

• British Free Corps
• List of members of the British Free Corps

References

1. Weale, Adrian (2014-11-12). Renegades (Kindle Locations 1998-1999). Random House. Kindle Edition
2. Weale, Adrian (2014-11-12). Renegades (Kindle Locations 2312-2313). Random House. Kindle Edition
3. Weale, Adrian (2014-11-12). Renegades (Kindle Location 3370). Random House. Kindle Edition.

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.