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VC467 Francis Aylmer Maxwell
BORN 7 September 1871
DIED 21 September 1917 AGE 46
VC Won 31 March 1900 AGE 28
Place VC Won Korn Spruit, Sanna’s Post
War/Campaign The Second Boer War
Name Francis Aylmer Maxwell No.
VC Issue No. 467 Awards VC CSI DSO & Bar
Regiment Indian Staff Corps attached to the Roberts' Light Horse
Later
Now
Rank VC Won Lieutenant
Rank End Of Career Brigadier-General
Place Of Birth 'Westhill' The Grange, Guildford, Surrey, England
Place Of Death Ypres, Belgium
Buried/Location Ashes Ypres Reservoir Cemetery, Plumerlaan, Ypres(ieper) Vlams Gewest, Belgium
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone (CWGC) Plot/Grave no. Plot 1, Row A, Grave 37
Gazetted 8 March 1901
VC Presented 14 August 1901, Duke of York (later King George V), Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
Memorials
P Headstone, Ypres Reservoir Cemetery, Plumerlaan, Ypres(ieper) Vlams Gewest, Belgium
P Plaque in St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
P Named on memorial, Sandhurst Memorial Chapel, Camberley, Surrey
By The Way…
Headstone shows Frank Maxwell
VC Held By
The Lord Ashcroft collection I.W.M
