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Pte. Maurice Maunders

British Army 1st Btn. Bedfordshire Regiment

from:Dagnall, Edelsborough, Bedfordshire

(d.30th Oct 1914)

Maurice Maunders was born in Dagnall in 1889, the son of Mark and Lucy Maunders. When Maurice turned 16 he joined the Bedfordshire Regiment, and in the 1911 Census he is shown as a member of H Company, 2nd Battalion, stationed in Saint George, Bermuda. After nearly seven years Maurice was discharged from the Regiment and placed on Military Reserve. On May 26th 1913, aged 23, Maurice was appointed Police Constable 14 in the Buckinghamshire Constabulary. After training in the constabulary headquarters in Aylesbury he was posted to the Northern Division and stationed at Brill.

Once war was declared Maurice rejoined the Bedfordshire Regiment, this time serving in the 1st Battalion. On 30th October 1914 Private Maurice Maunders, aged 25, was killed in action during the Battle of La Bassée. He is commemorated on the Le Touret Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.



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