Edwin Barnard Martin (11 February 1919 – 16 August 1987) was a Canadian member of the British Free Corps, a component of the armed forces of Nazi Germany, during the Second World War. Martin was born in February 1919 and hailed from

Riverside, Ontario Riverside is a neighbourhood on the eastern edge of Windsor, Ontario. It is best defined by the waterfront road, Riverside Drive, which runs parallel to the Detroit River The Detroit River flows west and south for from Lake St. Clair to Lake ...

. He was a private in the Canadian Army's The Essex Scottish Regiment, who had been captured during the controversial

Dieppe Raid Operation Jubilee or the Dieppe Raid (19 August 1942) was an Allied amphibious attack on the German-occupied port of Dieppe in northern France, during the Second World War. Over 6,050 infantry, predominantly Canadian, supported by a regiment o ...

in August 1942. In March 1944, he voluntarily left BFC for the isolation camp, by then situated near Schwerin in Mecklenburg.' The Canadian court-martial which heard his case after the war passed a sentence of 25 years imprisonment for being an informer and a member of the British Free Corps. Martin died in Ontario in August 1987 at the age of 68.Ancestry LifeStory: Edwin Barnard Martin
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"Forced To Join British Free Corps."
Times, London, England, 1 September 1945: 2. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 18 Feb. 2015.
"Alleged Aid To The Enemy."
Times, London, England, 4 September 1945: 2. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 18 Feb. 2015.
"Denial Of Aiding Enemy."
Times, London, England, 5 September 1945: 2. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 19 Feb. 2015.
"Court-Martial On Soldier."
Times, London, England, 6 September 1945: 2. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 16 April 2015.
"Germans put Canadian "on the spot"."
Times, London, England, 7 September 1945: 2. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 18 Feb. 2015.
"Sentences For Aiding The Enemy."
Times, London, England, 29 September 1945: 2. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 19 Feb. 2015. 1919 births 1987 deaths Canadian military personnel from Ontario Canadian Army personnel of World War II Canadian collaborators with Nazi Germany Members of the British Free Corps Canadian prisoners of war in World War II People who were court-martialed World War II prisoners of war held by Germany The Essex Scottish Regiment soldiers {{Fascism-stub

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