>From KFHS - one of the people listed is from Ramgate For our family archives I am researching the World War II Destroyer HMS MARTIN and her crew. HMS MARTIN with a crew of 222 was torpedoed and sunk on the 10th November 1942 with a loss of 159, one of whom was my 18-year-old uncle Ordinary Seaman Thomas Cusack. After two years of research and contact with six of the survivors and a number of relatives of those who were lost we decided to develop a website dedicated to those men who served in HMS MARTIN. I am therefore contacting every Family History Society in the counties where these men hailed from in the hope that the Society will publish our website address so hopefully relatives of the men who served in HMS MARTIN can contact us and forward information if they wish. The website address is: www.hmsmartin-g44.co.uk The men who hailed from your county are: Stoker 1st Class RICHARD HENRY COLLINS Son of Charles and Sarah Collins of Chatham, Kent. Petty Officer ALBERT WALTER EVERETT Son of John and Edith Mary Everett; husband of Beatrice Jane Everett of Sevenoaks, Kent. Petty Officer DANIEL THOMAS FASHAM Son of William Thomas and Emily Fasham of Walmer, Kent. Able Seaman GEORGE MELVIN HENRY Son of William and Doris Hilda Henry of Sandwich, Kent. Leading Seaman ERIC LEONARD HOSKINS D S M Son of Percy and Margaret Annie Hoskins of Elham, Kent. Stoker 1st Class KENNETH JAMES Son of Peter and Mary Jane James of West Wickham, Kent. Able Seaman RONALD WALTER JOHNSON Son of Mr and Mrs Walter Johnson; husband of Monica Johnson of Chatham, Kent Stoker 1st Class WILLIAM AMOS LIPSCOMBE Son of James and Kate Lipscombe; husband of Francis Annie Lipscombe of Rochester, Kent. Leading Seaman JOHN HAROLD POWELL Son of Hugh and Lillian Elizabeth Powell of Gillingham, Kent. Chief Petty Officer ARTHUR MONTAGUE REEDER Son of Montague James and Gertrude Maletta Reeder; husband of Lillian Marjorie Reeder of Catham, Kent. Leading Seaman WILLIAM GEORGE REES Son of David and Annies Rees of Chatham, Kent. Ordnance Artificer 4th Class KENNETH ALFRED STANLEY ROSS Son of Alfred Charles and Annie Selina Ross of Bexleyheath, Kent. Leading Stoker DOUGLAS LEWIS SMITH Son of John and Ellen Smith of Ramsgate, Kent. Petty Officer Stoker PHILIP ROY CLEMENT TAYLOR Son of Clement Septimus and Louisa Catherine Taylor of Sevenoaks, Kent. Leading Seaman GEORGE THOMAS JAMES WRAIGHT Son of James and Beatrice Mary Wraight; husband do Geraldine Francis Edith Wraight of New Romney, Kent. Hoping you can help in this matter. Regards Tom Meaden, Poole, Dorset.