Francis Aylmer Maxwell

Francis Aylmer Maxwell

Brigadier General Francis Aylmer Maxwell VC, CSI, DSO & Bar (7 September 1871 - 21 September 1917) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

Maxwell was 28 years old, and a Lieutenant in the Indian Staff Corps, Indian Army, attached to Roberts's Light Horse during the Second Boer War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC:

On 31 March 1900 at Sanna's Post (aka Korn Spruit), South Africa, Lieutenant Maxwell carried out the self-imposed duty of saving the guns from capture by the enemy. He went out on five different occasions and helped to bring in two guns and three limbers, one of which he, another officer and some gunners dragged in by hand. He also went out with two other officers and tried to get the last gun in and remained there until the attempt had to be abandoned. During a previous campaign in British India, (the Chitral Expedition, 1895) he had removed the body of a lieutenant colonel of the Corps of Guides, under fire.

Major Edmund Phipps-Hornby, Sergeant Charles Parker, Gunner Isaac Lodge and Driver Horace Glasock also earned the Victoria Cross in this action.

He was killed in action, shot by a German sniper, at Ypres, Belgium, on 21 September 1917 while commanding the 27th Brigade, 9th (Scottish) Division and is buried in Ypres Reservoir Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery. [ [http://www.angloboerwar.com/VC/maxwell_f.htm Profile] ]

General Maxwell is commemorated with a plaque in St. Giles Cathedral on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, Scotland. [ [http://www.ukniwm.org.uk/server/show/conMemorial.44613/fromUkniwmSearch/1 UK War Memorial listing for his monument in St, Giles] ] . Maxwell's medals are now held in the Lord Ashcroft collection after sale at auction. [ [http://www.victoriacross.org.uk/aaauctio.htm Auction information] ]

References

* [http://www.homeusers.prestel.co.uk/stewart/aaauctio.htm VC medal auction details]


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