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Surname: MAUDSLEY
Forename(s): John Edmund
Place of Birth: Bentham, Yorkshire
Service No: 36476
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Northumberland Fusiliers
Battalion / Unit: 1/7th Battalion
Division: 50th (Northumbrian) Division
Age: ---
Date of Death: 1917-10-26
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Panel 19 to 23.
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: TYNE COT MEMORIAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: HIGH BENTHAM, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
John Edmund Maudsley was the son of Thomas and Agnes Maudsley, née Sedgwick. Thomas was born at Russells, Tatham, Lancashire and Agnes at Dent, Yorkshire.
1891 Tatham, Lancashire Census: Oxenforth Green - John E. Maudsley, aged 4 years, born Newith [Mewith], Yorkshire, son of Thomas and Agnes Maudsley.
1901 Tatham, Lancashire Census: Oxenforth Green - John E. Maudsley, aged 13 years, born Bentham, son of Thomas and Agnes Maudsley.
John was married to Elizabeth Robinson in 1909.
1911 Bentham, Yorkshire Census: Main Street - John Edmund Maudsley, aged 23 years, born Bentham, husband of Elizabeth Maudsley.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte John Maudsley, 36476, 1/7 North'd Fus. Pres. Dead.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte John Maudsley, 36476, 1/7th North'd Fus. Pres. Dead.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte John Maudsley, 36476, 1/7th Bn North. Fus. Date and Place of Death: Off[icially] acc[epted] as on 26.10.17. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Widow - Elizabeth. £9 0s. 0d. self and children.
A short biography of John is included in: ‘Bentham’s Part in the Great War 1914-18’ by Allan and Marilyn Hartley (2019).
Data Source: Local War Memorial
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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---
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Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Northumberland Fusiliers
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 50th (Northumbrian) Division
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29 September 1916
HIGH BENTHAM – Home on Leave
Quite a number of Bentham boys have been home during the past week from their various regiments:– Private Stephen Newhouse, of the R.G.A., stationed at Woolwich; Pte. Henry Jacques and Pte. John Maudsley, of the Tyneside Scottish; Pte. James Henry Jacques, of the King’s Own, who was wounded in the Dardanelles; Pte. Fred Smith and Pte. Wm. Robinson, of the Duke of Wellington’s; and Pte. S. Brown, of Hardacre, who is in the Northumberland Fusiliers.
30 November 1917
HIGHER BENTHAM – FUSILIER REPORTED MISSING
Mrs. Maudsley, of Pinewood Cottages, has received official information from the York Records Office that her husband, Pte. John Maudsley, of the Northumberland Fusiliers, was posted as missing on the 26th October last. Pte. Maudsley is the second son of Mr. Thomas Maudsley, of Oxenforth Green, and joined the Northumberland Fusiliers last year and has been out in France since February of the present year. He is well known and much sympathy is felt for his wife and two young children. It is hoped he is a prisoner. The official letter says:– “Official reports that men are prisoners of war take some time to reach this country, and if he has been captured by the enemy it is probable that unofficial news will reach you first.”
21 June 1918
HIGHER BENTHAM – Memorial Service
A memorial service was held at St. Margaret’s Church on Sunday evening. The Vicar, the Rev. G. H. C. Bartley, officiated and there was a full choir, one member, Mr. Alec Procter, being present from the Front on leave. The service was held for the late Private Lancelot Dowbiggin, Corporal Ernest Newhouse M.M., Private John Maudsley, Sergeant Walker Sanderson M.M., Private Edwin Smith, and Private Richard Wilcock Carr – six of the Bentham heroes to make the great sacrifice during the past six months. There was a large congregation, special hymns were sung and a most sympathetic sermon was delivered by the Vicar. At the close the Dead March was played by the organist, Miss. V. Stubbs.
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30 November 1917
BENTHAM
FUSILIER REPORTED KILLED - Mrs. Maudsley, of Pinewood Cottages, has received official information from the York Record Office, that her husband, Pte. John Maudsley, of the Northumberland Fusiliers, was posted as missing on Oct. 28th last. Pte. Maudsley is the second con of Mr. Thomas Maudsley, of Oxenforth Green, and joined the Northumberland Fusiliers last year. He has been nit in France since February of the present year. He is well known, and much sympathy is felt for his wife and two young children.
21 June 1918
BENTHAM
MEMORIAL SERVICE – A memorial service was held at St. Margaret’s Church on Sunday evening last. The Vicar (Rev. G.H.C. Bartley) officiated, and there was a full choir. The service was held for the late Pte. Lancelot Dowbiggin, Corpl. Ernest Newhouse, M.M., Pte. John Maudsley, Sergt. Walker Sanderson, M.M., Pte. Edwin Smith, and Pte. Richard Wilcock Carr, six of the heroes to make the great sacrifice during the past six months. There was a large congregation, and special hymns were sung. A most sympathetic sermon was delivered by the Vicar. At the close the ‘Dead March’ was played by the organist (Miss V. Stubbs), the congregation standing meanwhile.
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