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VC621 Sir Martin Eric Dunbar-Nasmith
BORN 1 April 1883
DIED 29 June 1965 AGE 65
VC Won 20 May-8 June 1915 AGE 32
Place VC Won Sea of Marmara, Turkey
War/Campaign First World War 1915
Name Sir Martin Eric Dunbar-Nasmith No.
VC Issue No. 621 Awards VC KCB KCMG
Regiment Royal Navy
Later
Now
Rank VC Won Lieutenant-Commander
Rank End Of Career Admiral
Place Of Birth 13 Castelnau Gardens, East Barnes, London, England
Place Of Death At his home, Elgin, Grampian, Scotland
Buried/Location Ashes Holy Trinity Churchyard, Elgin, Grampian, Scotland
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no. Family plot, NEE-1073B
Gazetted 25 June 1915
VC Presented 15 January 1916 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England
Memorials
P Headstone, Holy Trinity Churchyard, Elgin, Grampian, Scotland
P Nasmith Close, Privett, Gosport, Hampshire
P Named on Submarine Service Memorial, National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas, Staffordshire
P Name on VC Memorial, Royal Naval & Royal Albert Yacht Club, Pembroke Road, Portsmouth, Hampshire
P Victoria Cross Commemorative Paving Stone, War Memorial, Anvil Gardens, Rothes, Moray, Scotland
Plaque at Trincomalee Naval Base, Sri-Lanka
By The Way…
Gazetted as Nasmith, changed his name to Dunbar-Nasmith following his marriage in 1920
VC Held By
Not known
