Harold Eycott-Martin | |
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Birth name | Harold Ross Eycott-Martin |
Born | Upper Norwood, London, England | 2 January 1897
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | 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)[1] was a British pilot in the First World War. He 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.