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George Nicholas MAUDSLEY

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Surname: MAUDSLEY

Forename(s): George Nicholas

Place of Birth: Addingham, Yorkshire

Service No: 7651

Rank: Private

Regiment / Corps / Service: Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment)

Battalion / Unit: 2nd Battalion

Division: 7th Division

Age: 32

Date of Death: 1914-11-02

Awards: ---

CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Panel 33.

CWGC Cemetery: ---

CWGC Memorial: YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL

Non-CWGC Burial: ---

Local War Memorial: ADDINGHAM, YORKSHIRE

Additional Information:

George Nicholas Maudsley (Clayton) (born 24 March 1881), was the son of Charlotte Augusta Clayton and Nicholson Maudsley - Charlotte and Nicholson married on the 3 October 1881. Charlotte was born at Wortley and Nicholson at Bradford, Yorkshire.

1881 Addingham, Yorkshire Census: Stockinger Lane - George Walter Clayton, aged 11 days, born Addingham, grandson of Isaac and Mary I. Clayton. [George's mother, Charlotte, was also living with her parents.]

George and two of his cousins, Ann and Grace Alice Booker were baptized at St Peter's, Addingham on the 28 December 1884.

1891 Addingham, Yorkshire Census: Stockinger Lane - George N.C. Clayton, aged 10 years, born Addingham. [George and his mother, Charlotte A. Maudsley, were living with her parents, Isaac and Mary Isabella Clayton, née Bateson.]

1901 Addingham, Yorkshire Census: 3, George Street - George Nicholas M. Clayton, aged 20 years, born Addingham. [George was living with his grandparents, Isaac and Mary Isabella Clayton.]

1911 Addingham, Yorkshire Census: 3, George Street - George Nicholas Clayton, aged 30 years, born Addingham. [George was living with his uncle and aunt, Robert and Hannah Booker, née Bateson. Hannah was the half-sister of George's mother, Charlotte.]

The British Army Service Record for George Clayton (9277) exists but may be incomplete. [George served, pre-war, with the 3rd (Reserve) Bn Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).]

British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte George N. Maudsley, 7651, Yorks R. Qualifying date [for 1914 Star]: 5.10.14. Dead.

British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte George N. Maudsley, 7651, 2/York. R. Dead.

Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Private George Nicholas Maudsley, 7651, 2nd Bn Yorkshire Regt. Place of Birth: Addingham, Yorks. Date of Enlistment: 1.2.04. Trade on Enlistment: Spinner. Date and Place of Death: Between 22-30.10.14. Near Ypres. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Brother - Tom. £2 17s. 0d. Brother - Joseph. £2 17s. 1d. Sister - Mary. £2 17s. 1d.

Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry

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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:

MAUDSLEY, G.N., [Addingham], West Yorks., aged 32, killed in action between Oct. 25 and Nov. 2, 1914.

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Private George Nicholas MAUDSLEY

Private George Nicholas MAUDSLEY

Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment)

Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment)

Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 7th Division

Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 7th Division

Data from Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914 - 1919 Records

Soldiers Died Data for Soldier Records

Surname: MAUDSLEY

Forename(s): George Nicholas

Born: Addingham, Leeds

Residence: Addingham

Enlisted: Keighley

Number: 7651

Rank: Private

Regiment: Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment)

Battalion: 2nd Battalion

Decorations:

Died Date: 02/11/14

Died How: Killed in action

Theatre of War: France & Flanders

Notes:

Data from Commonwealth War Graves Commission Records

CWGC Data for Soldier Records

Surname: MAUDSLEY

Forename(s): George N.

Country of Service: United Kingdom

Service Number: 7651

Rank: Private

Regiment: Yorkshire Regiment

Unit: 2nd Bn.

Age:

Awards:

Died Date: 02/11/1914

Additional Information:

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18 December 1914

ADDINGHAM – Killed In Action

Mr. and Mrs. Booker, of George Street, Addingham, have received official information that their nephew, Private George N. Maudsley, of the 2nd West Yorkshire Regiment, serving with the Expeditionary Force, has been killed in action, place unknown, between the dates, October 25th and November 2nd. Deceased, who was 32 years of age, was a reservist, and was called up on August 5th. He served through the South African War. This is the fourth Addingham man that has been killed in action.

25 December 1914

The late Pte. Geo. N. Maudsley

----- West Yorkshire Regiment, killed in action ----- Expeditionary Force between October -----. and November 2nd. Nephew of Mr. and Mrs. ----- of George Street, Addingham, ----- up on August 5th, aged 32.

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18 December 1914

AN ADDINGHAM MAN KILLED

Mrs. Booker, of George Street, Addingham, has received official notice from the Infantry Record Office, York, that her nephew, Private George N. Maudsley, of the 2nd West Yorkshire Regiment, has been killed in action in France, place unknown. The deceased was a reservist, and was 32 years of age.

24 December 1915

CRAVEN’S ROLL OF HONOUR – ADDINGHAM

Pte. G.N. Maudsley, 2nd West Yorkshire Regiment, killed in action between October 25th and November 2nd 1914, aged 32 years. Nephew of Mr. and Mrs. R. Booker, George Street, Addingham.

14 April 1916

TO THE MEMORY OF ADDINGHAM COMRADES

The following lines have been written by Corpl. Sylvester Selby, R.E., of the British Expeditionary Force, France.

“To the memory of our dear comrades from Addingham who fought so valiantly, and died so nobly in the sacred cause of freedom, justice, and liberty.”

We shall meet our loved ones gone some sweet day bye and bye.
Be ye not weary in well doing, for in due season ye shall reap, if ye faint not.
“And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes, and there shall be no more sorrow, neither death.”

LOVED ONES GONE

Have they gone for ever, from us,
Shall we never see them more,
Never catch the gleam of sunshine
As they did in days of yore?

Why have they been taken from us
In the fullness of their youth,
When all earth seemed full of gladness
To young hearts all full of life?

Dragged from home, and friends, and loved ones,
In far distant lands to fight
For the glory of old England,
And for honour, and for right!

On the burning plains of Egypt,
On the muddy fields of France,
On the watery bogs of Flanders,
British boys have done their part.

Done it nobly, never murmuring,
In the cause of freedom’s right,
Battles, of most bloody nature.
They have fought with gallant hearts.

Men of England! Men of Empire!
Rise in this our common cause!
Come, and smite this haughty tyrant,
That he may no more defile
Heaven’s good gifts and mankind’s God.

As we march along the country
And the devastation see,
Ruined churches, shattered houses,
Graves, with little crosses fixed.

Make us cry “O God, in Heaven,
Let us of Thy vengeance see;
Give us strength that we may carry
Justice right to victory.

Men of England! Men of Empire!
Come and help us in the strife;
Help to win a glorious victory
For the weak and for the right.

Onward, ever always onward,
Till the common task is done,
Till to those who have so suffered
In the cause of freedom’s right
Have been surely liberated
From the thraldom of his might,
Till for brothers, gone before us,
He has paid a fearful toll.

Shall we ever more behold them
In that told-of spirit land?
Where they say there is no sorrow,
Neither death shall be no more?

Let us each be all the stronger
In the hope of such great gain,
Let us carry on our labour,
Sure we’ll meet our friends again.

Corporal Sylvester Selby, R.E.
France, April 8th, 1916.

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