J. S. S. Martin

Major-General John Simson Stuart Martin CSI (18 June 1888 – 24 December 1973) was a Scottish doctor in the Indian Medical Service.[1] He served during both World Wars.

Born in Stornoway, he was educated at Oban High School, Rockhampton Grammar School (Queensland) and the University of Edinburgh. He was commissioned into the Indian Medical Service in 1912. He served in Mesopotamia from November 1914 until April 1916 he was taken prisoner by the Turks at the fall of Kut.[2] He was mentioned in despatches in 1916. By the time of the start of the Second World War, he was a Colonel, and was further promoted to substantive Major-General 6 March 1943, retiring 6 March 1945.[3][4]

He latterly lived at Glendale, in the Isle of Skye. He died at Gesto Hospital on the island.[5]

His daughter Lorna is the wife of immunologist Avrion Mitchison.

References
  1. ‘MARTIN, Maj.-Gen. John Simson Stuart’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 25 April 2014
  2. Jan 1941 Indian Army List war services supplement
  3. London Gazette 30 April 1943, page 1963
  4. London Gazette 23 March 1945, page 1606
  5. Deaths. The Times (London, England), Saturday, 29 December 1973; pg. 20; Issue 58975. (2651 words)
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