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Name: MARTYR, Cyril Godfrey DSO (Lieut.-Col.)
Nee: son of Joseph Martyr of Stoke Fleming, Devon
Birth Date: 5.8.1860 Barwon Bank, South Geelong, Victoria
Death Date: 1.7.1936 Bibury, Glos.
Nationality: British
First Date: 1898
Last Date: 1899
Profession: Officer in Charge of Troops in Uganda 1898. P.W. shows him as taking over command of the military forces in the Uganda Protectorate in May 1898 after the Sudanese mutiny
Area: Uganda
Married: In Westminster 13 Apr 1901 Emma Maud Elizabeth Bellville b. 1875 Stoughton Grange, Leics., d. 10 Aug 1952 Cirencester
Children: Alan Godfrey (1902 Westminster-1964); Marjorie Bellville (25 Jan 1904 London-1993); Peter Denys (5 Mar 1906 Westminster-1925)
Book Reference: Gillett, Permanent Way, Moyse, Debrett, North, Globe, DSO
War Service: Duke of Cornwall LI, formerly Egyptian Army
School: privately
General Information:
Moyse - April 1898 - (D.C.L.I.) Took over pursuit of mutineers in Uganda with Lieut. N. Malcolm and Major C.H.U. Price
Debrett - entered Army 1880, became Capt. Duke of Cornwall's L.I. 1889, Major 1896, and Brevet Lieut.-Col. 1899, retired 1902; served with Egyptian Expedition 1882, present at Mahuta, El Magfar, Kassassin, and Tel-el-Kebir (medal with clasp, bronze star); with Nile Expedition 1884-5, with Mounted Inf., present at Abu Klea, Gubal, and Metammeh with Egyptian Army, at actions of Gemaizah 1888 (4th class Medjidie), Toski 1889 (2 clasps), and Tokar 1891 (clasp, , bronze star, 4th class Osmanieh), and with Dongola Expedition 1896, as AAG, HQ Staff (despatches, DSO), in Uganda 1898, Comdg. troops (medal with clasp, Brevet Lieut.-Col.), and in S. Africa 1899-1900, Comdg. 2nd Mounted Inf. Batn. (despatches, medal with 7 clasps); was attached to Egyptian Army 1886-96, and employed on Gen. Staff 1914-16; commanded 2nd Provisional Batn. 1902
North - dep. Mombasa for Uganda 15/1/1898; arr Luba's about 27/1/1898; had arr. Kampala by 25/3/1898; took command of troops in Uganda from Major J.R.L. Macdonald 3/5/1898; Kampala July 1898; Appt. Local Lieut.-Col. 5/7/1898; "moved North from Bunyoro" Sept. 1898; Nile Dist. 15/4/1899; Mombasa on way home to England 5/7/1899; end of Appt. 19/10/1899
The Globe Trotter - 6th March 1907 - Recollections of a Railway Official - " .Major Martyr got a very scratch lot together at Mombasa and had to lock them up in the Fort to prevent desertion. They were marched to the station next morning between files of Indian troops as a "Guard of Honour". They were known by the name of "The noble army of Martyr's". ……. "
DSO - London Gazette 17/11/1896 - In recognition of services in the recent operations in the Sudan …… {much more on his military career}
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