Joseph Henry Martin

A Stoker with H.M. Trawler Sisapon. Joseph died on 12th of June 1940 at the age of 38. 

Joseph was born at Lowestoft on 9 January 1902, a son of Joseph Henry and Susannah Margaret Martin. He was baptised at Saint Margaret's Church, Lowestoft, on 31 January 1902. His family lived at 29 Jacob's Street, Lowestoft, and later at 30 Jacob's Street. 

In 1919 Joseph married Hilda May Neave at Lowestoft.

In 1939 Joseph and Hilda lived at 23 Cathcart Street, Lowestoft, and Joseph worked as a car battery operative at an electrical engineering works. 

During World War Two Joseph served on H. M. Trawler Sisapon. On 12 June 1940 the Sisapon struck and mine and sank in the North Sea, off Harwich, with the loss of eleven crew, including Joseph. 

Joseph's father, also named Joseph Henry, died in 1917 in the loss of H. M. Trawler 'New Comet.'