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Martha Eyre

Age: 68

Sex: female

Date: 24 Oct 1916

Place: Sadler Gate, Derby, Derbyshire

Martha Eyre was knocked down by a cyclist in Sadler Gate, Derby on the night of 12 October 1916 and taken to the Union Workhouse Infirmary where she died on 24 October 1916.

Her cause of death was given as being due to shock due to a fracture of the left thigh. However, it was heard that there were no marks on her body such that might have been expected due to contact with a bicycle.


*map pointers are rough estimates based on known location details as per Place field above.

see www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk

see Derbyshire Advertiser and Journal - Friday 03 November 1916

see Derbyshire Advertiser and Journal - Saturday 04 November 1916

see Derby Daily Telegraph - Wednesday 25 October 1916

see Nottingham Evening Post - Monday 30 October 1916

see Unsolved 1916