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Frederick Francis Maude

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Allegiance
  
Rank
  
Service/branch
  

Role
  
Armed force officer

Name
  
Frederick Maude

Awards
  
Frederick Francis Maude

Buried at
  
Years of service
  
Retired 5 November 1885

Battles/wars
  
Crimean WarSecond Anglo-Afghan War

Relations
  
Died
  
June 20, 1897, Torquay, United Kingdom

Place of burial
  
Brompton Cemetery, London, United Kingdom

General Sir Frederick Francis Maude (20 December 1821 – 20 June 1897) was a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

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Personal life

He was born in Lisnadill, County Armagh, son of the Rev Hon John Charles Maude . He married Catherine Mary Bisshopp, daughter of Very Rev. Sir George Bisshopp, 9th Baronet, on 22 February 1853. The couple had five children

  • Ada Cecil Maude d. 16 Jul 1886
  • Alice Emily Maude b. 7 Jun 1855, d. 8 Feb 1936
  • Frederick Eustace Cecil Maude b. 2 May 1859, d. 17 Feb 1862
  • Amy Kathleen Maude b. 3 Mar 1863, d. 30 Jul 1937
  • Lt.-Gen. Sir Frederick Stanley Maude KCB CMG DSO b. 24 Jun 1864, d. 18 Nov 1917
  • He is also the cousin of Colonel F. C. Maude, VC

    Victoria Cross

    He was 33 years old, and a Brevet Lieutenant Colonel in the 3rd Regiment of Foot (later The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)), British Army during the Crimean War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.

    On 5 September 1855 at Sebastopol, Crimea, Lieutenant Colonel Maude was in charge of the covering and ladder party of the 2nd Division in the assault on the Redan. He held a position with only nine or ten men and did not retire until all hope of support was at an end and he himself was dangerously wounded.

    Later life

    Maude served in the Peshawar Field Force and became General Sir Frederick Francis Maude VC GCB.

    He died Torquay, Devon 20 June 1897 and is buried in Brompton Cemetery, London.[1]

    References

    Frederick Francis Maude Wikipedia


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