Obituary: Eddie Martin

12th November 2023

Eddie Martin, headteacher at Dalton Middle School through 1980s and early 1990s, died on 4th October in Düsseldorf.

Eddie Martin, headteacher at Dalton Middle School through 1980s and early 1990s, died on 4th October in Düsseldorf. Eddie was born in Liverpool in 1940 and had remained in Germany, moving from BFES/SCS to Düsseldorf International School (ISD). After retirement, Eddie lived in Düsseldorf with his wife Roswitha. They had one child, Sarah and a grandchild, Joe.

Sue Adams and Wally both remember Eddie as headteacher at Dalton and as a charming and delightful colleague at Headteacher Conferences. Tom Nielsen-Marsh recalls that Eddie was an avid collector of 'Swatch' watches. Eddie had suffered a stroke in 2022.