MARTIN JOSEPH GLEESON

1882 - 1918  (35 years)

• Name	MARTIN JOSEPH GLEESON
  Born	20 Dec 1882	KINSALE, CORK, IRELAND
  Gender	Male
  Died	4 Oct 1918	AT SEA
  Person ID	I1726	Meehan
  Last Modified	15 Dec 2018

  
  

  Father	MICHAEL GLEESON,   b. KINSALE, CORK, IRELAND ,   d. Bef 5 Mar 1910
  Mother	MARIAH CONNELL,   b. IRELAND
  Family ID	F33	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	CECILIA MARIA FOSS,   b. 6 Jan 1883,   d. Abt 1961, THANET, KENT, ENGLAND  (Age 77 years)
  Married	5 Mar 1910	CATHOLIC CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST, DUNCAN TERRACE, ISLINGTON, LONDON, ENGLAND
  Children	+ 1. MARTIN AUGUST GLEESON,   b. 23 Sep 1911, ISLINGTON, LONDON, ENGLAND ,   d. Abt May 1980, LUTON, BEDFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND  (Age 68 years)
  Last Modified	17 Apr 2016
  Family ID	F844	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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• Notes

  Martin Joseph Gleeson entered the Royal Navy on 13th December 1898 at the age of 16 years - (Boy, 2nd Class) He served for 10 years until 23rd January 1909. He joined Royal Fleet Reserve, Devonport on 24th January 1909 and was a Metropolitan Police Constable in London at the time of his marriage on 5th March 1910. He was recalled to the Navy on 11 August 1914 at the outset of WW1. He was a Leading Seaman (Qualified Diver) and lost his life on 14 October 1918 (less than a month before the Armistice) His Submarine L10 had fired a torpedo which hit its target but the sub didn't compensate for the torpedo weight and breached the surface and was pursued by other enemy craft and was sunk.