Second Lieutenant Harry W. Maw b. 9 Feb 1893 Crowle, , Lincolnshire, England d. 22 Aug 1918 France: The Maw family

1893 - 1918 (25 years)

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Name	Harry W. Maw
Prefix	Second Lieutenant
Birth	9 Feb 1893	Crowle, , Lincolnshire, England [1]
Christening	5 Mar 1893	St Oswald's Parish Church, Crowle, , Lincolnshire, England [2]
	First name(s) Harry Last name Maw Sex Male Birth year - Baptism year 1893 Baptism date 05 Mar 1893 Place Crowle Father's first name(s) Richard Cornelius Mother's first name(s) Rebecca County Lincolnshire Country England Archive Lincolnshire Archives Page 86 Record set Lincolnshire Baptisms Category Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers) Subcategory Parish Baptisms Collections from England, United Kingdom Â© Findmypast
		I5126 - Baptism Harry Maw 05031893 I5126 - Baptism Harry Maw 05031893
Gender	Male
Census	31 Mar 1901	Easingwold Farm, Crowle, , Lincolnshire, England [3]
	Crowle St Oswald
Census	2 Apr 1911	Mount Pleasant Farm, Swinefleet, , Yorkshire, England [4]
	MAW, Richard Corneluis Head Married M 44 1867 Farmer Crowle Lincolnshire MAW, Rebecca Wife Married 19 years F 43 1868 Kelsey Lincolnshire MAW, Harry Son Single M 18 1893 Farmers Son Working On Farm Crowle Lincolnshire MAW, Violetta Daughter Single F 16 1895 Farmer Daughter Dairy Work Crowle Lincolnshire MAW, Francis Ada Daughter F 7 1904 Crowle Lincolnshire RAMSKILL, Richard Servant Single M 17 1894 Second Hand On Farm With House Goole Yorks EMPSON, William Servant Single M 15 1896 Third Hand On Farm With Horses Derry Thorpe Lincs KELLY, Mathius Servant Single M 14 1897 Cow Boy On Farm Crowle Lincs -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RG number: RG14 Piece: 28270 Reference: RG14PN28270 RG78PN1616 RD514 SD1 ED1 SN257 Registration District: Goole Sub District: Swinefleet Enumeration District: 1 Parish: Swinefleet Address: Mount Pleasant Swinefleet SO County: Yorkshire (West riding)
Memorial	http://www.everymanremembered.org/profiles/soldier/183667/
Occupation	2 Apr 1911	Mount Pleasant Farm, Swinefleet, , Yorkshire, England [4]
	Farmers Son Working On Farm
	MAW, Richard Corneluis Head Married M 44 1867 Farmer Crowle Lincolnshire MAW, Rebecca Wife Married 19 years F 43 1868 Kelsey Lincolnshire MAW, Harry Son Single M 18 1893 Farmers Son Working On Farm Crowle Lincolnshire MAW, Violetta Daughter Single F 16 1895 Farmer Daughter Dairy Work Crowle Lincolnshire MAW, Francis Ada Daughter F 7 1904 Crowle Lincolnshire RAMSKILL, Richard Servant Single M 17 1894 Second Hand On Farm With House Goole Yorks EMPSON, William Servant Single M 15 1896 Third Hand On Farm With Horses Derry Thorpe Lincs KELLY, Mathius Servant Single M 14 1897 Cow Boy On Farm Crowle Lincs -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RG number: RG14 Piece: 28270 Reference: RG14PN28270 RG78PN1616 RD514 SD1 ED1 SN257 Registration District: Goole Sub District: Swinefleet Enumeration District: 1 Parish: Swinefleet Address: Mount Pleasant Swinefleet SO County: Yorkshire (West riding)
Burial	1918	Adanac Military (CWGC) Cemetery, Miraumont, , Picardie, France [5]
	Plot: III. H. 16. https://billiongraves.com/grave/Harry-W-Maw/26919056
		MMI - I23522 - Harry W Maw - Adanac Military Cemetery 2 MMI - I23522 - Harry W Maw - Adanac Military Cemetery 2
		MMI - I23522 - Harry W Maw - Adanac Military Cemetery MMI - I23522 - Harry W Maw - Adanac Military Cemetery
Military	22 Aug 1918 [6]
	Death
	http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=183667 http://www.cwgc.org/search/certificate.aspx?casualty=183667 Name: MAW, HARRY W. Initials: H W Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Second Lieutenant Regiment/Service: Bedfordshire Regiment Unit Text: 1st Bn. Date of Death: 22/08/1918 Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: III. H. 16. Cemetery: ADANAC MILITARY CEMETERY, MIRAUMONT
Military Service	World War I
Obituary	Second Lieutenant Harry W Maw
	Birth: unknown Death: Aug. 22, 1918 Note: Second Lieutenant, Bedfordshire Regiment. Age: Unknown Burial: Adanac Military (CWGC) Cemetery Miraumont, France Plot: III. H. 16. Created by: Paul F. Wilson Record added: Dec 12, 2005 Find A Grave Memorial# 12670395
Name	Harry Maw
Name	Harry W Maw
Death	22 Aug 1918	France [7, 8]
Probate	5 Mar 1920	London, , Greater London, England
	Maw Harry of Wheelgate House Reedness Yorkshire died 22 August 1918 in France Administration London 5 March 1920 to Dora Ann Maw widow. Effects £174 13s. 1d.
_UID	FA6782FDA0E9496AA90A3B52E199E304BD58
Person ID	I5126	The Maw Family Tree
Last Modified	21 Aug 2021

Father	Richard Cornelius Maw, b. Between Oct and Dec 1867, Crowle, , Lincolnshire, England d. 27 Mar 1937, Avenue Cottage, Walsham le Willows, , Suffolk, England (Age ~ 68 years)
Mother	Rebecca Chafor, b. Between Jul and Sep 1869, North Kelsey, , Lincolnshire, England d. Between Jan and Mar 1931, District Loddon
Marriage	12 Aug 1891	Crowle, , Lincolnshire, England [9, 10]
	First name(s) Richard Cornelius Last name Maw Sex Male Age 23 Birth year 1868 Marriage year 1891 Marriage date 12 Aug 1891 Marriage place Crowle Residence Crowle Father's first name(s) James Father's last name Maw Spouse's first name(s) Rebecca Spouse's last name Chafor Spouse's age 22 Spouse's residence Crowle Spouse's father's first name(s) George Spouse's father's last name Chafor County Lincolnshire Country England Archive Lincolnshire Archives Page 155 Record set Lincolnshire Marriages Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records Subcategory Parish Marriages Collections from England, Great Britain
		M1595 - Marriage Richard Cornelius Maw & Rebecca Chafor 12081891 M1595 - Marriage Richard Cornelius Maw & Rebecca Chafor 12081891
Family ID	F1595	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Dora Ann Cowling, b. 3 Nov 1893, Reedness, , Yorkshire, England d. 27 Feb 1976, Haslemere, Tudwick Road, Tiptree, Colchester, , Essex, England (Age 82 years)

Marriage Between Oct and Dec 1914 District Stow [11]

Children

1. Myrtle Irene Maw, b. 20 Apr 1915, Walsham le Willows, , Suffolk, England

d. 14 Sep 1992, 26 Goldcrest Road, Ipswich, , Suffolk, England

(Age 77 years)

Family ID F5029 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 21 Jul 2021

Notes

Second Lieutenant Harry MAW

Killed in action 22 August 1918

Harry was born at Crowle on 9 February 1893, the only son of Richard Cornelius and Rebecca Maw (nee Chafor) and was christened in St Oswald's Church in March the same year. His father Richard was also from Crowle and his mother was from North Kelsey. Richard was a farmer and in 1901 the family lived at Easingwold Farm but had moved to Mount Pleasant Farm near Swinefleet by 1911. Harry was a farmer's boy helping his father on the farm according to the census.

Sometime before 1913 they moved again to Stowmarket in Suffolk, where in 1914 Harry married Dora Cowling, of Reedness. The couple had one daughter Mytle Irene, born 20 April 1915. His wife had moved back to Reedness by the time of Harry's death and lived at Wheelgate House.

Harry was embodied into the Territorial Force's Suffolk Yeomanry (Duke of York's Own Loyal Hussars) on 12 March 1913 and would have been mobilised on the outbreak of war in August 1914, when his unit became the 1/1st Suffolk Yeomanry. Following almost a year of training and providing Home Defence in and around Suffolk, his regiment were finally shipped to Gallipoli as dismounted cavalry, landing at Anzac Cove on 10 October 1915.

Private Maw was among the high proportion of troops on the peninsular to be struck down with dysentery. Reporting to the East Anglian Field Ambulance on 1 November, he was moved to Mudros four days later, then on to Alexandria for continued treatment. A trip back to England followed later that month but once recovered he returned to Egypt (on 1 June 1916) and reported to the Yeomanry Base Unit on 14 June.

Other than another short bout of diarrhoea in September, he rejoined his unit who spent a quiet period guarding the Suez Canal. On 5 January the Yeomanry were converted into an infantry unit, becoming the 15th (Suffolk Yeomanry) Battalion, Suffolk Regiment and Harry was renumbered to 32048.

In December 1916 Harry had applied for a commission and on 31 January 1917 he found himself on a ship home to take up a post as an Officer Candidate.

On 31 July 1917 he was commissioned as a Temporary Second Lieutenant in the Bedfordshire Regiment. Landing in France after a short furlough before reporting for duty, Harry was posted to the 7th Battalion, joining them on 7 October 1917.

Nothing concrete exists to account for his movements as an officer from this point onwards but the 7th Battalion were engaged in the Third Battle of Ypres in 1917, as well as being very heavily engaged in the German Spring Offensives in March and April 1918. Statistically, it is likely that Harry was wounded during this phase of his service but if he came through those actions unscathed, he was possibly transferred into the 1st Battalion when the 7th were disbanded in May 1918. Alternatively (and more likely based on the 'flow' of others around him at the time), he may have been wounded or taken ill, sent home for treatment, and once he was able to resume his duties, was posted to the 1st Battalion given that the 7th had ceased to exist by his return.

Once what would become the final Allied offensives started in August 1918, the battalion found themselves in the thick of the advance but met with relatively little resistance in the opening stage. Part two of the 1st Battalion history records "The Bedfordshires remained in their support line under heavy gas and shell fire throughout 22 August, consolidating the position and preparing for the next advance. Second Lieutenant Harry Maw was killed during the day's shelling, having joined the battalion over the summer. Harry had served in the ranks on Gallipoli and in Egypt before being commissioned into the Bedfordshires a year earlier and spending time in the 7th Bedfordshires. The 25 years old farmer from Lincolnshire was buried alongside his comrades in a makeshift cemetery 200 metres east of Achiet-le-petit, being moved to the Adanac military cemetery in Miraumont after the war."

Harry is also remembered on Crowle War Memorial, the Whitgift War Memorial, and possibly on the Stowmarket War Memorial.

His service record is held at the National Archives under reference WO339/86993.

[With thanks to Paul Connell for the background and pre war information]

Source: http://www.bedfordregiment.org.uk/1stbn/1stbtnofficersdied.html
Name: MAW, Harry
Unit: Bedfordshire Regiment
Rank: Temporary 2nd Lieutenant
Year: 1918
Volume : O.12
Page: 115
Record source: GRO War Death Army Officers Indices (1914 to 1921)

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