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About Maj. The Hon. Alfred Henry Maitland
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The Hon. Alfred Henry Maitland
Birth: 9 Dec 1872 at Nowgong, Bengal, India
Death: 14 Sep 1914; missing in action in France
Address: 23 Cable Road, Hoylake
Occupation: Regular army officer
Unit: 1st Battalion, Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders; quondam Adjutant 10th (Liverpool Scottish) Battalion, King’s Liverpool Regiment
Rank: Major
Medals: 14 Star, Victory & British War; British medal, Egyptian medal with 2 clasps; Queen’s medal with 5 clasps
Commemorated: La Ferte sous Jouarre Memorial, France; Hoylake Roll of Honour (now in St Hildeburgh); Ashchurch War Memorial, Gloucestershire; Edinburgh Castle Book of Remembrance
Sources: CWGC, H, MC, SDGW, Census: 11, PR, Probate, Imperial War Museum – Bond of Sacrifice, British Army Lists, Indian baptisms on Ancestry
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The Hon. Alfred Henry Maitland was a Major of the Cameron Highlanders and has seen action in Sudan and served in the Boer War. Maitland was awarded the Queen’s South Africa Medal with five clasps. He was 41 years old when killed at the Battle of the Aisne leading an attack upon German positions on the Chemin des Dames near Cerny. He was initially reported as ‘wounded and missing’ in The Times on 21st September. It was not until 3 days later that his death was confirmed.
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The Hon.Alfred Henry Maitland, Major, 1st Battalion, Cameron Highlanders. He was killed in action in France on 14th September 1914 during the Battle of the Aisne leading an attack upon German positions on the Chemin des Dames near Cerny. He was aged 41. He was a Regular soldier and was the third son of Frederick Maitland, 13th Earl of Lauderdale of Thirlestane Castle, Lauder and is commemorated on the La Ferte-Sous-Jouare Memorial, France. He had been educated at Westminster School and at Trinity College, Cambridge before going on to join the army. He served with the Camerons in the Sudan and was present at the Battles of Atbara and Omdurman where the Dervish army was finally defeated. Further active service followed during the Second Anglo- Boer War including actions at Zand Rivers, Pretoria, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen and Ladybrand. He was awarded the Queens Medal with five clasps. He had joined the Camerons in 1894, where he was promoted to Lieutenant in 1898 and Captain in 1899. The Battalion was part of 1st Guards Brigade along with 1st Coldstream Guards, 1st Scots Guards and 1st Black Watch ).
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Major Hon. Alfred Henry Maitland was born on 9 December 1872.
He was the son of Lt.-Col. Frederick Henry Maitland, 13th Earl of Lauderdale and Charlotte Sarah Sleigh.
He married Edith Scobell, daughter of Sanford George Treweeke Scobell and Edith Palairet, 5 January 1905.
He fought in the Sudan Campaign in 1898.
He fought in the Omdurman Campaign.
He fought in the Atbara Campaign.
He fought in the Boer War.
He fought in the First World War.
He gained the rank of Major in the Queens' Own Cameron Highlanders.
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Maj. The Hon. Alfred Henry Maitland's Timeline
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December 9, 1872
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Nowgong, Bengal, India
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November 15, 1905
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October 14, 1907
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Camberley, Surrey, England (United Kingdom)
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| 1914 |
September 14, 1914
Age 41
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September 14, 1914
Age 41
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La Ferte-sous-Jouarre Memorial, near Paris, France
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