William S. Martin was the author of three works: The Captain's Story (1868), Our School Days (1869) and The Wild Bells and What They Rang (1871). On the basis of information from the diaries and notebooks, Martin seems to have also been a schoolmaster in the south of England during the middle and late 1860s. By 1886, he emigrated to Toronto and sold insurance.
From the description of William S. Martin Papers. 1858-1932. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 225560901
Stationed at Mounted Service School, Fort Riley, Kan. (1910-11).
From the description of The William S. Martin papers, 1910-1911. (US Army, Mil Hist Institute). WorldCat record id: 22103930