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Benjamin Charles Stanley Martin
Vice Admiral Sir Benjamin Charles Stanley Martin (18 July 1891–3 June 1957) was a Royal Navy officer who was the first boy from the Royal Naval Hospital School, Greenwich, to reach flag rank in the Royal Navy. He was also the first officer from the lower deck to become a Rear-Admiral in modern times.
==Naval career==
Martin was born on 18 July 1891 to Benjamin S. Martin and Alice (née Gawn). His father, a Petty Officer (1st class), was killed during the accidental sinking of HMS ''Victoria'' on 22 June 1893.〔http://www.memorials.inportsmouth.co.uk/city-centre/victoria.htm〕 He attended the Royal Naval Hospital School in Greenwich, graduating into the Royal Navy in 1907 as boy sailor, first class. Promoted to warrant rank as gunner (torpedo) on 28 May 1915,〔Navy List, October 1916, page 298〕 the following year he served at the Battle of Jutland in HMS ''Malaya'' in the 5th Battle Squadron under Rear-Admiral Hugh Evan-Thomas.
On 13 October 1916,〔Navy List, January 1919, page 413〕 Martin was commissioned as Mate, and following a short transfer to a destroyer he returned to the ''Malaya''. After promotion to Lieutenant on 13 May 1919,〔Navy List, July 1920, page 388a〕 Martin served as torpedo officer in the cruisers HMS ''Leviathan'' and HMS ''Kent''. In 1924, Martin was given his first command on HMS ''Sable'', attached to HMS ''Vernon'', the Royal Navy torpedo school in Portsmouth.
Later Martin commanded the destroyers HMS ''Venetia'' and HMS ''Vortigern''. Following his promotion to Commander on 30 June 1931,〔Navy List, January 1933, page 85〕 Martin take charge of HMS ''Voyager'' as a division leader in the 1st Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean. With promotion to the rank of captain on 30 June 1935,〔Navy List, July 1947, page 128〕 Martin commanded the sloop HMS ''Folkestone'' on the China Station. Two years later, Martin was in command of the HMS ''Broke'' and the destroyer flotillas of the Reserve Fleet during the Coronation Naval Review (in 1937). After a spell at the Admiralty, Martin took command of HMS ''Dorsetshire''.
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