Wing Commander Roger Hargreaves Maw

1906 - 1992  (86 years)

• Name	Roger Hargreaves Maw
  Prefix	Wing Commander
  Alt. Birth	1906	Cleatham, , Lincolnshire, England
  Birth	24 Jun 1906	Kirton in Lindsey, , Lincolnshire, England   [1, 2]
  	Name:Mother's Maiden Surname: MAW, ROGER HARGREAVES STEPHENSON GRO Reference: 1906 S Quarter in GLANFORD BRIGG Volume 07A Page 671 First name(s)Roger Hargreaves Last nameMaw Birth quarter3 Birth year1906 Mother's maiden name- DistrictGlanford Brigg CountyLincolnshire CountryEngland Volume7A Page671 Record setEngland & Wales Births 1837-2006 CategoryBirth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers) SubcategoryCivil Births Collections fromUnited Kingdom, England © brightsolid online publishing ltd First name(s)Roger Hargreaves Last nameMaw GenderMale Birth day24 Birth month6 Birth year1906 Age- Death quarter3 Registration Month8 Death year1992 DistrictCaistor Register number892 CountyLincolnshire Volume7 Page1302 CountryEngland Record setEngland & Wales Deaths 1837-2007 CategoryBirth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers) SubcategoryCivil Deaths & Burials Collections fromUnited Kingdom, England (c) brightsolid online publishing ltd
  Gender	Male
  Census	2 Apr 1911	Cleatham, , Lincolnshire, England   [3]
  	Cleatham Hall
  	MAW, Arthur Matthew Head Married M 40 1871 Farmer Cleatham Lincolns MAW, Lucy Dora Hargreaves Wife Married 18 years F 44 1867 Thornton Curtis Lincs MAW, Lucy Madeleine Daughter Single F 17 1894 Cleatham Lincolnsh MAW, Richard Frame Mowbay Son M 8 1903 Cleatham Lincolnsh MAW, Roger Hargreaves Son M 4 1907 Cleatham Lincolnsh SMART, Lilian Caroline Servant Single F 32 1879 Professional Nurse Hull THOMAS, Frame Muriel Servant Single F 22 1889 Governess Nursery Unknown CRANSHAW, Emma Servant Single F 35 1876 Cook Domestic Leven Yorks SALMON, Sarah Elizabeth Servant Single F 19 1892 Housemaid Domestic Lincoln PIKE, Emily Elizabeth Servant Single F 16 1895 General Servant Domestic Horkstown Barton on Humber -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RG number: RG14 Piece: 20052 Reference: RG14PN20052 RG78PN1200 RD424 SD1 ED4 SN38 Registration District: Glanford Brigg Sub District: Brigg Enumeration District: 4 Parish: Cleatham Address: Cleatham Hall Kirton Lindsey Lincolnshire County: Lincolnshire
  		UK Cens 1911 - RG14PN20052 RG78PN1200 RD424 SD1 ED4 SN38 - (Glanford Brigg-Brigg) UK Cens 1911 - RG14PN20052 RG78PN1200 RD424 SD1 ED4 SN38 - (Glanford Brigg-Brigg).jpg
  Probate	21 Nov 1946	Lincoln, , Lincolnshire, England
  	of father Arthur Matthew Maw
  	Maw Arthur Matthew of Cleatham Hall Manton Lincolnshire died 22 January 1944 at The War Memorial Hospital Scunthorpe Lincolnshire Probate Lincoln 21 November 1946 to Roger Hargreaves Maw D.F.C. wing commander R.A.F. Effects £50825 12s. Former grant D.R. Lincoln 9 May 1944
  _UID	F6BC25D69813420CBFE8F7FE211B83FAFB1E
  Death	Aug 1992	District Caistor   [2]
  	First name(s)Roger Hargreaves Last nameMaw GenderMale Birth day24 Birth month6 Birth year1906 Age- Death quarter3 Registration Month8 Death year1992 DistrictCaistor Register number892 CountyLincolnshire Volume7 Page1302 CountryEngland Record setEngland & Wales Deaths 1837-2007 CategoryBirth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers) SubcategoryCivil Deaths & Burials Collections fromUnited Kingdom, England (c) brightsolid online publishing ltd
  Burial	Aug 1992	St Mary, Walesby, , Lincolnshire, England
  	First name(s)Roger Hargeaves Last nameMaw SexMale Birth year1906 Birth date? ? 1906 Age86 Death year1992 Death date? ? 1992 PlaceWalesby Burial groundSt Mary CountyLincolnshire CountryEngland Headstone notes[age calculated] Husband of Janett and father of Michael, Jocelyn and Tessa ReferenceA53 Record number107724 Record setLincolnshire Monumental Inscriptions CategoryBirth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records SubcategoryParish Burials Collections fromEngland, Great Britain Lincolnshire Family History Society Transcriptions © Lincolnshire Family History Society
  Person ID	I14880	The Maw Family Tree
  Last Modified	8 Apr 2022

  
  

  Father	Arthur Matthew Maw,   b. 31 Oct 1869, Cleatham, , Lincolnshire, England d. 22 Jan 1944, War Memorial Hospital, Scunthorpe, , Lincolnshire, England (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Lucy Dora Hargreaves Stephenson,   b. 5 Nov 1863, Thornton Curtis, , Lincolnshire, England d. 13 Jun 1944, Cleatham Hall, Kirton in Lindsey, , Lincolnshire, England (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	Between Oct and Dec 1892	District Glanford Brigg   [4]
  Family ID	F1576	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Janet Mabel Thornton,   b. 2 Jan 1908, District Frome d. Oct 1996, District Lincoln (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	Between Jul and Sep 1937	District Bournemouth   [5]
  Children	1. Living   2. Living   3. Living
  Family ID	F4468	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2021

  
  

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• Notes

  Proposed Change: Maw Roger Hargreaves (I14880) Tree: The Maw Family Link: <http://www.family-maw.co.uk/tree/getperson.php?personID=I14880&tree=Maw> Description: ________________________ September 1992 - Wartime wooden horse hero dies Wooden horse hero: Wing Commander Roger Hargreaves Maw who died back in 1992. YOUR Mail was sad to report the death of local hero Wing Commander Roger Hargreaves Maw - the man who made the Wooden Horse of Sagen - back in 1992. Wg Cdr Maw was central to the daring escape from a World War Two prison camp, Stalag Luft III, where he had been sent after being shot down on a bombing sortie. As the prisoners' camp carpenter, the Wing Commander was asked to join the escape committee. There his task was to build a vaulting horse, which he made out of any pieces of wood he could find, including wooden crates the Red Cross had sent containing food supplies. Whilst his fellow prisoners of war jumped over the vaulting horse, men slowly but surely tunnelled to freedom and returned by the time the exercise period each day had finished. Then one day, two men were carried to the hole and never returned to the barracks. The result of one of the most daring escapes in history was 14 days in the 'cooler' for Wg Cdr Maw. He was born on a Kirton Lindsey farm in 1906 and his heart remained firmly in the land even after he took to the air with the RAF's 503 Special Reserve Squadron at Waddington in 1927. He served in the RAF's equivalent to the Territorial Army until the outbreak of war and was commander of 12 Squadron Wellingtons at Binbrook by 1941. He flew out to Egypt to take over 108 Squadron but never enjoyed his new company. After being shot down, he was taken to the German war camp and became one of the 1,200 Allied prisoners of Stalag Luft III. He remained there for two and a half years until he was liberated by the British in 1945. After the war, he returned to his farm at Welton where he farmed until 1973 and on his retirement moved to Forest House in Walesby with his wife Janet. He died at the age of 86. jmaw jamesmaw @ tiscali.co.uk

  
  

• Sources

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