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Maw, Second Lieutenant Harry W.
1893 - 1918 (25 years) 
Has 20 ancestors and 11 descendants in this family tree.
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with Living 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
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I5126 - Baptism Harry Maw 05031893
I5126 - Baptism Harry Maw 05031893Gender Male Census 31 Mar 1901 (8 years) Easingwold Farm, Crowle, , Lincolnshire, England [3] Crowle St Oswald Census 2 Apr 1911 (18 years) 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
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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 Occupation 2 Apr 1911 (18 years) 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
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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
Harry W Maw Died: 20 Aug 1918 BillionGraves Record 
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MMI - I23522 - Harry W Maw - Adanac Military CemeteryMilitary 22 Aug 1918 (25 years) [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
Name Harry Maw Name Harry W Maw Death 22 Aug 1918 France [7, 8] Probate 5 Mar 1920 (27 years) 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 Patriarch & Matriarch 
Maw, Symon
b. Est 1638-1645, Crowle,, Lincolnshire, England
d. Abt 1702 (Age 57 years) (5 x Great Grandfather)
Rack, Mary Ann
b. Between Apr and Jun 1842, Bigby,, Lincolnshire, England
d. Between Jan and Mar 1921, District Thorne (Grandmother) Headstones 
Submit Headstone Photo Person ID I5126 The Family Maw Last Modified 21 Aug 2021
Father 
Maw, Richard Cornelius
b. Between Oct and Dec 1867, Crowle, , Lincolnshire, England
d. 27 Mar 1937, Avenue Cottage, Walsham le Willows, , Suffolk, England (Age ~ 68 years) Mother Chafor, Rebecca
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
Age at Marriage He : 23 years and 3 months - She : ??. Family ID F1595 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Cowling, Dora Ann
b. 3 Nov 1893, Reedness, , Yorkshire, England
d. 27 Feb 1976, Haslemere, Tudwick Road, Tiptree, Colchester, , Essex, England (Age 82 years)
Other Partners: Clamp, Clarence John m. 4 Aug 1923Marriage Between Oct and Dec 1914 District Stow [11] Children 
1. 
Maw, Myrtle Irene
b. 20 Apr 1915, District Stow
d. 14 Sep 1992, 26 Goldcrest Road, Ipswich, , Suffolk, England (Age 77 years)▻ Murrell, Clifford Everett m. Between Jul and Sep 1937; Mattin, Alfred William m. 4 Oct 1973Family ID F5029 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 21 Jul 2021
- First name(s) Harry
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Birth - 9 Feb 1893 - Crowle, , Lincolnshire, England 
Christening - 5 Mar 1893 - St Oswald's Parish Church, Crowle, , Lincolnshire, England 
Census - Crowle St Oswald - 31 Mar 1901 - Easingwold Farm, Crowle, , Lincolnshire, England 
Child - Maw, Myrtle Irene - 20 Apr 1915 - District Stow 
Burial - 1918 - Adanac Military (CWGC) Cemetery, Miraumont, , Picardie, France 
Death - 22 Aug 1918 - France 
Probate - 5 Mar 1920 - London, , Greater London, England Marriage - Between Oct and Dec 1914 - District Stow = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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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