from the Singleton Birch family minerals company Martin had the funds to expand his business. In November 1925, Bamford and Martin Ltd went into receivership, and Martin was no longer a director of the company. At this time, Martin was working for Singleton Birch. After 1925,he never owned an Aston Martin car. Personal life In 1909, Martin married Christine Murray (born 1888) of Auchendinny in Midlothian; Christine died in April 1913, shortly after the birth of their son (born 19 March 1913). Martin then married Katherine King (born 14 July 1888) on 25 January 1917 in Kensington. In the 1920s he lived in Pembroke Villas in Kensington. In his later years he was a diabetic. Due to petrol rationing in the Second World War, he returned to travelling on his bicycle; on 14 October 1945 he was knocked off at a set of traffic lights on Gloucester Road near his home, dying aged 67 in Kingston County Hospital on 21 October 1945. He had lived from 1932 at Palings Cottage on Warboys Road at Kingston Hill, in the Municipal Borough of Malden and Coombe. His funeral was at 3pm on Monday 29 October 1945 at St. John the Baptist in Kingston Vale. He was buried at Putney Vale Cemetery. References 1878 births 1945 deaths Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford Alumni of Charsley's Hall, Oxford Aston Martin British male cyclists British founders of automobile manufacturers British racing drivers Cycling road incident deaths People educated at Eton College People from Kensington People from Kingston upon Thames People from St Ewe Road incident deaths in England