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- General Regsiter Office, Register of Births, Registration District of S Stoneham, England, OND 1883, Volume 2c, Page 71.
Australian National Archives, Trove Digitized Newspaper Collection for Graham MARTYR (James Graham de Garlieb MARTYR)
http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/result?q=%22graham+martyr%22~0&exactPhrase&anyWords¬Words&requestHandler&dateFrom&dateTo&sortby=dateAsc&s=20
Australian National Archives, Trove Digitized Newspaper Collection
Weekly Times (Melbourne, VIC 1869-1954)
Saturday, 22nd October 1910, Page 8
A letter has been received at head-
quarters from S.M. Graham Martyr, of
the 1st North China Troop. Mr Martyr
is on his way to Australia, and hopes to
meet his Victorian comrades of the
I.B.S. towards the end of October. The
Scout movement is making good pro-
gress in China, and is considered to
have a bright future before it.
http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/221805646#
NSW, Australia, Departing Crew & Passenger Lists, 1898-1911
Ancestry.com
SS Afric departed Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
on the 29th October, 1910 bound for London and Liverpool & Med Ports:
Captain:J Stivery, RNR
Station:Forward
Passenger:J G de G Martyr:
Port of Embarkation:Sydney, NSW, Australia
Age:27 years, Single
Contracted to Land:Durban, South Africa
Number of Passengers:350
Duration of Voyage:56 days
Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 1954), Saturday 5 November 1910, page 41
The Boy Scout organisation is well-named Imperial; it is a brotherhood of
British Boys and young men dwelling in all parts of the Empire. A Scout
Master from the Far East called in to see me on October 31, and we had a
conversation that to me was most interesting. Scout Master Graham Martyr
F.R.G.S., of the 1st North China Troop, is a young man, but he has had a most
eventful life. He acted as a war correspondent during the Japanese cam-
paign and in Manchuria; and has travelled in many parts of Asia and
Europe and Africa. He is now taking a glimpse of Australia, en route to
South Africa, where he will study he Scout movement in the Transvaal and
other districts. He is modest about his exploits, but he spoke enthusiastically
about the Boy Scouts of China.
"The 1st China Troop," he said, "was started as a Junior Sports' Club. Then
the Scout movement came along, and, in conjunction with Mr Ouseley-Stan-
ley, I transformed the club into the first Imperial Boy Scout Troop in the Far
East. We have a strong representative committee, with Major Nathan, R.A.,
as president. We had only 12 boys to begin with; our present strength is 85.
The Troop includes every British boy within a radius of 500 miles of Tientsin,
near Pekin.
"The Inniskillings are stationed at Tientsin, and we have received a great
deal of assistance from them. Three camps have been held by our Troop.
Last summer we were at Shan-hai-quan, where the Great Wall of China
runs into the sea. We had a fine time. The Inniskillings supplied us with tents
and 'bully' beef, and we were inspected by General Waters, C.M.G. We have a
fine club house in Tientsin, fitted with gymnastic appliances. It is open for use
every night. We make a special point of ambulance work and signalling, in-
cluding wireless. The ages of the Scouts range from 10 to eight years. A.
E. Morris, son of the Quarter Master of the lst Royal Inniskillings is our
A.S.M.
"What kind of country do we work over? Well, it is magnificent for scout-
ing — very flat, with creeks winding through, and plenty of cover. In
winter we had a camp, within walls, on account of the great cold, and enjoy-
ed lots of sledging, skating, etc. We had to kill our own food. Partridges,
grouse, and other game is plentiful, and one gets tired of roast pheasant. We
had some deer hunts." Scout Master Martyr said, in conclu-
sion, that the future of the Scout movement in North China was very promis-
ing. There were prospects of Troops being started in Wei-hai-wei, the
British naval port, Shang-hai and Hong Kong. Encouragement was being re-
ceived from the residents. One interesting point, he also mentioned, that
nearly every member of the 1st North China Troop is able to swim. Swim-
ming drill is a regular feature of the summer outings.
The good wishes of all Victorian Scouts will accompany S.M. Martyr
when he departs from the State. He is a Scout Master of the right stamp. He
also has no fewer than 15 I.B.S. proficiency badges.
http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/222544837
The National Archives: Documents Online:
Medal Card: MARTYR, James Graham de Garlieb:
Corps:Royal Irish Rifles
Regiment No:None
Rank:2nd Lieutenent & Honoray Lieutenant
Date:1914-1920
Catalogue Ref:WO 372/13
Department:Records created or inherited by the War Office, Armed Forces, Judge Advocate General and related bodies
Series:War Office: Service Medal and Award Rolls Index, First World War
Piece:McGrath D - Mill J
Image Reference:156648/25401
Medals Awarded:1915 Star, British General Service Medal & Victory Medal.
Australian National Archives, Trove Newspaper Collection
The Sun (Sydney, NSW: 1910-1954)
Sunday, 26th January, 1941, Page 2
Table Talk With Tutor To Japanese Royal House
I LOOKED into the dazzling reflection of the rays thrown by His Imperial Majesty, Emperor of Japan, "Son of Heaven," at lunch, Thursday, with no less a person than Mr. Graham Martyr, the English tutor to the children of the reigning dynasty and all their nephews and cousins, since 1910. This signal honor makes Mr. Martyr a personage high above us mere cumberers; not perhaps in his eyes, but because he has been exalted by being chosen to instruct the children of the Japanese deity. His first pupil was Emperor Hirohito himself,and all the other great ones have studied with him ever since.
* * *
It is a long jump from Guildford, Surrey, where Mr. Martyr was born, to "Royal" Nippon, whither he went 35 years ago, and it is in Japan that his heart is. Strange and beautiful customs, words spoken with meanings which are pure music; flowers and the real essentials of an idealized existence have all bound Mr.Martyr to the land of the cherry blossom. Japan is rich in sayings— the meanest every-dayness becomes poetic, with a quaintness which falls strangely upon the Occidental bat-ear. For instance, the room in which the little princes study is known as "Child mind nourishment hall", and the bedroom in which this super-tutor sleeps is called "Hall where dreams come true". Touching upon gardens, and flowers with which Japan is always connected in the common mind, we learn that rocks and sand play a far more important part in them than blooms. Each rock is blessed with a significant name. For instance, a rather forbidding promontory gets "Rock upon which .to arrest devastating
stenches" — and this one I hear sails under false colors!
* * *
That those who approach the Emperor must abase themselves and never raise their eyes to his face is not all true all of the time. It is only when strict ceremonial is observed and ancient ritual is in progress, when those attending the Court are got up in mediaeval and glorious costumes and they are painted, eyebrows obliterated or lifted according to status, that this approach is obligatory. In order not to do a "blind man's bluff" act, a pink chalk-line is drawn (on these high days) with three circles described at intervals, Into which the courtier or statesman settles before bowing low. The Son of Heaven in robes that are a tobacco brown and plain (the higher caste a man is, the plainer becomes his garb) sits behind a sort of blind, only partially revealing his Presence. Direct speech just isn't.The message filters through the chamberlain, who passes it on in a high squeak. Graham Martyr must squeak,
too. High falsetto is strict etiquette and must be achieved willy-nilly. For many it is difficult, although my informant says that a course of private squeaking gets the ultimate result.
* * *
When commanded to appear at the foot of the throne, foreign attaches bow to custom and dress in the prescribed Oriental manner. Underclothes must be embroidered with the family crest. Mr. Martyr, who holds one of the most sought after posts in all Japan, dresses in rose brocade, embossed in gold, covered with a filmy diaphanous over-
dress of amber silk. That and the squeak certainly set the pace! However, when the Emperor (who, poor man, would prefer to be an entomologist, loving, as he does, strange seaweeds, molluscs and crustaceans) goes to his oceanside villa, he gets into shorts and calls the faithful, including our distinguished visitor, to tennis, and during the game exhorts him to make the newest American cocktail, of which not knowing the potency, he administers doses to the young princelings, however tiny!
http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/230945477#
Author of "Letters from Shanghai" dated 1904 and 1905.
UK Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960: Year 1915
Name:James G de G MARTYR
Birth Date:abt. 1884
Port of Departure:St John, New Brunswick, Canada
Arrival Date:1 Feb 1915
Port of Arrival:Liverpool, England
Port of Voyage:Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Ship Name:"Scandinavia"
Shipping LIne:Allan
Official Number:109441
Occupation:Diplomatic Service,
Location:British Embassy, Tokyo, Japan
THE LONDON GAZZETE, Issue #29070, Page 1561, 16 February, 1915
INFANTRY.
The undermentioned to be temporary Second Lieutenants. Dated 13th February, 1915.
James Graham de Garlieb Martyr
London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1965:
KENNINGTON, VAUXHAUL WARD, POLLING DISTRICT "O"
858R O Martyr, James Graham de Garlieb, 167 Coronation Buildings
UK Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960: Year 1937
Name:James Graham de Garlieb MARTYR
Birth Date:abt. 1884
Age:53 years
Occupation:Retired
Class:First
Proposed Address in
the UK:c/o Lloyds Bank, Pall Mall, S.W.1
Country of Last Permanent
Residence:Japan
Port of Departure:Otaru, Japan
Arrival Date:14 June 1937
Ports of Voyage:Kobe (Colombo, Ceylon)
Ship Name:"Helenus"
Shipping Line:Ocean Steamship Company Ltd
Official Number:135519
Ancestry.com UK Outeward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960
Avonmouth, January, 1938
Name of Ship:"Camisto"
Date of Departure:10 January, 1938
Steamship Line:Eldes Fyfes Ltd
Where Bound:Kingston, Jamaica
Contract Ticket No:3656
Contracted to Land:Kingston
Name of Passenger:Martyr, James Graham de Garlieb
Class:1st
Last UK Address:80 Cornwall Gardens, London
Profession:Teacher
Country of Future Perm Add:Japan
UK Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960: Year 1938
Name:James Graham MARTYR
Arrival Date:4 June 1938
Age:54 years 8 months
Birth Date:abt. 1883
Birth Place:Southampton, England
Nationality:British
Gender:Male
Ethnicity:English
Ship Name:"Tancred"
Port of Arrival:San Pedro, California
Port of Departure:Cristobal
Last Residence:Kumamoto, Japan
Nearest Relative:Mr W Martyr, Guildford, Surrey
Height:5 ft 8 in
Hair:Dark, turning grey
Marks:Tattoo mark on right arm
Archive Information:Series Roll No m1764:86
THE LONDON GAZETTE, Issue #34554, Page 6006, 23rd September, 1938
Whitehall, September 22, 1938
The KING has been pleased to give and grant unto James Graham de Garlieb Martyr, Esq., His Majesty's Royal LIcence and authority to wear the Insignia of the Fifth Class of the Order of the Sacred Treasure, which decoration has been conferred upon him by His Majesty the Emperor of Japan, in recognition of valuable services rendered by him.
UK Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960: Year 1945
Name:Mr J G Martyr
Birth Date:abt. 1884
Age:61 years
Port of Departure:Rangoon, Burma
Arrival Date:21 October 1945
Port of Arrival:Southampton, England
Ports of Voyage:Colombo [Ceylon]
Ship Name:"Ormonde"
Shipping Line:Orient Steam Navigation Company Ltd
Official Number:141866
Proposed Address in UK:C/o Lloyds Bank, Southampton
Profession or Calling:Retired University Professor
Copuntry of Last Permanent
Residency:Ceylon
UK Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960: Year 1960
Name:J MARTYR
Birth Date:12 September 1883
Age:76 years
Port of Departure:Hobart, Australia
Arrival Date:22 April 1960
Port of Arrival:Southampton, England
Ports of Voyage:Hobart, [Sydney], [Melbourne], [Adelaide], [Colombo]
Ship Name:"Orion"
Shipping LIne:Peninusular & Orient Steam Navigation Company Ltd
Official Number:6818/01
Passenger No:1071
Address in the UK:15 Oakhill Court, Oakhill Rd., London, S.W.15
Occupation:Retired
Intended Duration of Stay:6 months
Ancestry.com UK Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960
PM 1B, First Schedule
Name of Ship:"ORION"
Owner or Agent:P & O - Orient Lines
Date of Departure:13th August, 1960
Where Bound:Brisbane, Australia
Contract Ticket No:Martyr
Name of Passengers:James Graham de Garlieb
Class of Cabin:Cabin
Sex:M
Date of Birth:12.9.1893
Married or Single:Single
Address in the UK:15 Oakhill Court, Oakhill Rd, SW 15
Occupation:Clerk in Holy Orders
Citizen of Country:UK, Issued Passport Colombo
Country of Last Perm Res:Ceylon
Country of Intended PR:Ceylon
Imperial Red Cross Medal.
Attached to the Imperial Japanese Navy & Ministrey of Education 1910-1937.
British Ministry of Information Great War 1939-1945 in Tokyo, India and Ceylon.
Attached to British Embassy, Tokyo 1939-1941.
An Anglo-Catholic Congress Clergy Directory (ACCCD) of 300 Associated with the 1920 Anglo-Catholic Congress:
anglicanhistory.org/england/congress/blain_wickton2015.pdf
Lists the details/appointments etc of James Grahm de Garlieb MARTYR but not his place of death.
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