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MAXWELL (Mrs C.)
Frank Maxwell, Brig.-General, VC, CSI, DSO: A Memoir & Some Letters.
Edited by His Wife. 1st Ed., xi+228pp., 5 plates, 2 sketches. dw. Murray.
1921
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Francis Aylmer Maxwell was born in 1871, Ed. at the United Service College at Westward Ho! & Sandhurst. In 1891 he joined the Royal Sussex Regiment in India for a year before his appointment to the Indian Army, initially to the 24th Punjab Inf. His first active service was in the Tochi Valley in 1895, then in the Chitral Relief Expedition when he was attached to the Guides Cavalry. During this campaign he was recommended for the VC. The following year, 1896, he transferred to the 18th Lancers, saw further active service on the North-West Frontier including A.D.C. to his uncle, Gen. Sir William Lockhart, in the Tirah Expedition, after which he was awarded the DSO. He was attached to Roberts' Horse in South Africa during the Boer War, when he was awarded the V.C. for gallantry at Sannah's Post. He was A.D.C. to Lord Kitchener (who bestowed on him the nickname "The Brat") & Military Secretary to Lord Hardinge. In 1916 he was posted to France & given command of the 12th (S) Bn., Middlesex Regiment – a New Army unit that had failed to perform & required firm leadership to bring it up to standard. Under Maxwell's command the battalion was transformed, doing well on the Somme including the capture of Trônes Wood & Thiepval. Maxwell received a bar to the DSO & command of the 27th Infantry Brigade, 9th (Scottish) Division. He was killed in action on 21st Sept. 1917 while personally undertaking a reconnaissance in No-Man's-Land. He is buried in Ypres Reservoir Cemetery. Excellent memorial to a fine soldier, based on his letters from various campaigns, including the Western Front 1916-17. Orig. red cloth, gilt, 18th Lancers (IA) crest to front, near fine in rare dw (but this lacking top part of rear panel). See illustrations on our website.
£145
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