Brigadier George Noel Chadwick Martin, CBE, DSO, MC (23 December 1892[1] – 24 August 1985[2]) was a British Army officer and international golfer from Northern Ireland.
Clement West, Colin Jardine, Harold Price-Williams and Bernard Young, all future general officers, were among his fellow graduates.
The citation for The medal reads: For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty while in command of his battery, when his able dispositions greatly minimised casualties at a time of persistent heavy shelling.
[6][8]By the end of the war, he held the rank of captain (acting major) and commanded B Battery, 74th Brigade RFA, which was serving with the Guards Division.
[3] He stood in for Cyril Tolley to play in the 1928 Walker Cup as part of the British and Irish team, where he was partnered with another Portrush golfer, Major Charles Hezlet.
Sometime after this, Martin was appointed as Commander, Royal Artillery (CRA) in the 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division, another TA formation which, in April 1941, moved from the United Kingdom to the Middle East.
This approach bore fruit at the First Battle of El Alamein in July 1942, where concentrated artillery helped stall a German advance into Egypt.
However, in August, Martin was sacked and sent home; the new Eighth Army commander, Lieutenant General Bernard Montgomery, blamed him for the previous policy of dispersion and wished to replace him with a new officer.