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Pte. Joseph Mawson
British Army 1/5th Battalion Durham Light Infantry
from:Hartlepool
(d.29th March 1918)
Pte Harry Maxim
British Army 7th Battalion Border Regiment
from:Sudbury, Suffolk
Lt. Oscar Dean Maxted
Royal Flying Corps 18 Squadron
from:Garrington, Littlebourne, Kent
My grandfather, Oscar Maxted piloted an F.E.2b during Bloody April and was shot down during a photographic reconnaissance flight near Arras on 12th April 1917. He survived the POW camp and died in South Africa in 1965.
His observer, Lt. Alick Todd was injured and died the following day.
Pte. Charles Maxwell
British Army 9th Btn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
from:Urney, Co. Tyrone
Charles Maxwell served with the 9th Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers.
Pte. Charles Maxwell
British Army 9th (County Tyrone) Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
from:Castlefin, Co. Tyrone
Charles Maxwell finished the war with the 9th Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. His service was not interrupted despite having pneumonia twice and receiving shrapnel wounds in his back. After the war he became an RUC constable in Belfast until his death in 1964.
Brig. Francis Aylmer Maxwell VC, CSI, DSO MID.
British Army 27th Inf. Bde, General Staff Commanding 9th (Scottish) Division
(d.21st Sep 1917)
Brigadier Francis Maxwell (Late 18th King George's Own Lancers)served with General Staff Commanding 27th Infantry Brigade, 9th Division during WW1 and was killed in action on the 21st September 1917, aged 46. He was buried in the Ypres Reservoir Cemetery. Son of Thomas Maxwell, M.D., and Violet Sophia Maxwell, he was the husband of Charlotte Alice Hamilton Maxwell. The award CSI is Companion of the Star of India.
An extract taken from the London Gazette, dated 8th March, 1901, records the following:- Lieutenant Maxwell was one of three Officers not belonging to Q Battery, Royal Horse Artillery, specially mentioned by Lord Roberts as having shown the greatest gallantry, and disregard of danger, in carrying out the self-imposed duty of saving the guns of that Battery during the affair at Korn Spruit on 31st March 1900. This Officer went out on five different occasions and assisted to bring in two guns and three limbers, one of which he, Captain Humphreys, and some Gunners, dragged in by hand. He also went out with Captain Humphreys and Lieutenant Stirling to try to get the last gun in, and remained there till the attempt was abandoned. During a previous Campaign (the Chitral Expedition of 1895) Lieutenant Maxwell displayed gallantry in the removal of the body of Lieutenant-Colonel F D Battye, Corps of Guides, under fire, for which, though recommended, he received no reward.
2Lt. George Barton Maxwell MC.
British Army Machine Gun Corps
My grandfather, George Maxwell was awarded the Military Cross for action at Sequehart on 1st of October 1918. He initially joined the Artists Rifles, underage I think. He arrived in France for Passchendaele. He served with the Lancashires then joined the Machine Gun Corps.
2nd Lt. George Barton Maxwell MC.
British Army 32nd Battalion Machine Gun Corps
George Maxwell was awarded the Military Cross on 1st of October 1918 after action at Sequehart, a small village between the St Quentin Canal and the Hindenberg Line. He was later a chemist, and served as Lt Col in the RASC responsible for fuel quality during the invasion of Italy in WW2.
Gerald Constable Maxwell MC, DFC, AFC.
Royal Flying Corps 56th Sqd.
from:Fairlie House, Inverness.
Capt. Henry Maxwell
British Army 13th Btn. Cheshire Regiment
from:Dublin
(d.10th Oct 1916)
Henry Maxwell was born on 22nd November 1895, the younger son of Thomas Henry and Isabella Maxwell of this city. A Captain in the 13th Battalion Cheshire Regiment, he was killed in action near Thiepval, 10th October 1916. His body rests in Mouquet Farm, Grandcourt, France.
Col. Henry Edward Maxwell DSO
British Army Black Watch
from:London
Colonel The Honourable Henry Maxwell was the son of the late Hon. Richard Maxwell. Husband of Lady Edith Maxwell (nee Cosby)of London. Served in the South African Campaign. He was 61 when he died on the 2nd March 1919 and is buried in the south-west part of the Ballymachugh (St. Paul) Church of Ireland Churchyard in Co. Cavan, Ireland.
Pte James "Pexie" Maxwell
British Army 6th Btn. Royal Irish Rifles
from:Larn
Sgt. James Maxwell
British Army 1st Btn. Royal Irish Rifles
from:162 Matilda Street, Belfast
James Maxwell fought in the Battle of Neuve Chapelle and was wounded on 13th of March 1915. Not known where he served after that, however he was a career soldier. He received the 1914 Star for service in between 5th of August and 22nd of November 1914. If he fought after being injured, he survived to marry in 1920 and raise a family. James passed in 1952
James John "Pexie" Maxwell
British Army 6th Btn Royal Irish Rifles
from:Larne, County Antrim
Sig.Boy. john maxwell
Royal Navy HMS Amphion
from:Edinburgh
(d.6th Aug 1914)
My uncle John Maxwell was a signal boy on HMS Amphion. He was only 17 years of age when he was killed on 6th August 1914 only two days after the start of WW1.He was the first fatality from Edinburgh He had been one of the first Boy Scouts in Edinburgh.His father Robert Maxwell was the church officer of St. Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh and condolences were given at a service in St Giles Cathedral.His name is recorded in a book of remembrance in the War Memorial Building in Edinburgh Castle and also on the Naval War Memorial in Plymouth. His sister was my mother Agnes Tulloch (nee Maxwell) and I was named after him.
Pte. Robert Maxwell
British Army 11th Btn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
from:76 North Watson Street, Glasgow
(d.21st October 1915)
My great grandfather, Robert Maxwell, enlisted with the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders in October 1914. He was sent to join the British Expeditionary Force in France on 29th July 1915. He was killed in action on 21st October 1915 at the Battle of Loos. He is included on the Loos Memorial (panel 126) in Dud Corner Cemetery.
Granda left a wife and five children to volunteer to fight for king and country and I feel very proud to be a descendent of his. So, from myself and all the Maxwells that followed you, I'd like to say thank you for giving us life! RIP Robert Maxwell.
Drvr. Walter Maxwell MM
British Army 173rd Brigade, B Bty Royal Field Artillery
(d.21st March 1918)
Walter Maxwell is commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial, France, Panel 7-10.
Capt. Robert Maxwell-Pike
Royal Flying Corps
from:Kilnock, Co. Carlow, Ireland
(d.9th Aug 1915)
Robert Maxwell-Pike is remembered on the Pike Memorial in All Saints Church, Aghade, Co. Carlow
Sgt. Alfred Edward May MM.
British Army 7th Btn. Wiltshire Regiment
from:Stantonbury
Rfn. Ernest George May
British Army 5th (London Rifle Brigade) Btn. London Regiment
from:St John's Wood, London
(d.16th or 19th Aug 1917)
Ernest George May served with the 5th City of London Battalion (London Rifle Brigade), the London Regiment and died on either the 16th or 19th August 1917.
Capt. F. W.L. May
British Army 11th Btn., C Coy. Royal Irish Rifles
(d.8th June 1917)
Captain May died of wounds on 8th June 1917 and was buried in Dranoutre Military Cemetery, Grave I.J.36.
Sea. Frederick May
Royal Navy Volunteer Reserves HMS Challenger
from:Topsham Devon
J.A. Norton was one of seven friends from Topsham in Devon, all RNVR, who served on HMS Challenger during WW1 in E. & W. Africa (Cameroons campaign)
Sjt. George Albert May
Australian Imperial Force. 41st Btn.
from:Cairns, Nth QLD
Pte. Harold Philip May
British Army 2/14th (London Scottish) Btn. London Regiment
from:London
(d.8th Feb 1918)
Harold May was wounded, possibly in early December in a Battle for Ain Karin on a ridge overlooking the city of Jerusalem from the west. He was eventually moved to No. 17 Troop hospital in Alexandria. While in the hospital the Service Chaplin had invited a lady, Miss P Jackson, from the Church Missionary Society to visit Harold. On Harolds death she wrote to Marie, his wife, expression sorrow for her loss. Harold died in Alexandria Troop hospital, Egypt on 8th of February 1918 aged just 22 years. He was buried in the Hadra Commonwealth War Cemetery, in Alexandria.
Pte. Henry May
British Army 2nd Btn., A Coy. Royal Dublin Fusiliers
from:Clonaslee, Mountmellick
Henry May was my grandfather. He was taken prisoner on 27th August 1914 at Ligney-En-Cambresis at the retreat from Mons. He received a gunshot wound to his left knee and a shrapnel wound to his left elbow and remained a POW for the duration of the war.
He had enlisted in 1900 at Naas, Co Kildare aged 17 but stated that he was 19. He served in S Africa, Malta, Eqypt and France. Henry was demobilized on 28th March 1919. He passed away in 1942 in Dublin.
Pte. Jeffrey May
British Army 22nd. Battalion Durham Light Infantry
(d.28th May 1918)
He was my grandmother's cousin.
Jeffrey was born in 1899 and was killed in action in 1918. It appears that he was bought up by his grandparents, John and Julia (née Drake). There is some question about the identity of Jeffrey's father, but he was probably john and Julia's son, Lancelot May. Jeffrey's British Army records indicate that he was a slight lad. He enlisted in September 1917 and was killed in France on 28 May 1918. He served with the 22nd Battalion of the Durham Light Infantry. His name is listed on the Soissons Memorial by CWGC. If there are further details about this young soldier, please let me know . . . Lest we forget . . . Thank you.
Pte. John T. May
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Gateshead
John May was wounded in August 1916
A/CQSM John Oliver Knight May
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Stoker John May
Royal Navy HMS Hibernia
from:Dovercourt, Essex
Pte. Joseph Stanley May
British Army 11th Btn. Sherwood Foresters
(d.21st Aug 1918)
Joe May was one of four brothers who fought in WWI, of whom only one survived. Two of them, including Joe, died in the final few weeks of the conflict. Joe was my grandmother's cousin. Her only brother, Stanley Ernest May, 1/8th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, was killed on the first day of the Somme in 1916. Joe's brothers were Percy White May, who was killed on 16th fo June 1916 and is buried in Le Touret Military Cemetery, Richebourg-L'Avoue; and Ernest William May, Royal Field Artillery, who died in Heilsberg POW Camp on 4th of October 1918 and is buried in Berlin. Harold Brook May also served with the Sherwood Foresters. He survived the war and died in 1969.
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