Harold Ross Eycott-Martin
| Harold Ross Eycott-Martin | |
|---|---|
| Born |
2 January 1897 Haywards Heath, Sussex, England |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service/branch | British Army Royal Air Force |
| Years of service | 1915–1920 |
| Rank | Captain |
| Unit |
Royal Engineers No. 41 Squadron RFC No. 66 Squadron RFC/RAF |
| Awards | Military Cross |
Captain Harold Ross Eycott-Martin MC (2 January 1897 – date of death unknown) began and ended his military career in the Royal Engineers. While seconded for duty with the Royal Air Force, he would win a Military Cross in the well-known air action in Italy in which Alan Jerrard won his Victoria Cross. Eycott-Martin would end the war as a flying ace credited with eight aerial victories. In the aftermath of the war, he would fall into disgrace. After being declared bankrupt, he would desert the Engineers and be ejected from the army.
Harold Ross Eycott-Martin was born in Haywards Heath, Sussex, England in 1896. He was the eldest son. His father was a civil servant in Bechuanaland. His mother's home residence in England was Lindfield, West Sussex, near Haywards Heath.
Eycott-Martin was commissioned on 27 October 1915, at the age of 18, as a second lieutenant in the Royal Engineers from the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. After being seconded to the Royal Flying Corps, he was appointed a flying officer on 29 March 1917. In May 1917, he was posted to 41 Squadron in northern France. A week after joining the squadron, he crashed a Royal Aircraft Factory FE.8 during takeoff. On 24 May 1917, Flight Newsletter reported Eycott-Martin had wounded, but no date was given for the wounding. It seems likely he was injured in the takeoff accident. On 1 July 1917, Eycott-Martin was promoted to lieutenant in his home unit, the Royal Engineers.
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