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Major Eustace Anthony Whaley Maude

 

Eustace Maude was born in 1895 in the Kildare or Wicklow District, the son of Colonel E.S. Maude, who also served in the North Irish Horse. He became a Lieutenant then Captain in the North Irish Horse, embarking for France on 15 March 1915. He later transferred to the Machine Gun Corps then the Tank Corps, reaching temporary rank of Major.

Having returned home after the war, Maude disappeared while sailing his yacht Fiona on 9 October 1919. His body was never recovered.

Major Maude was recently accepted as qualifying for commemoration by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (the Army Lists showing that he was still 'active' at the time of his death, which fell within the qualifying period). His name is now recorded on the Brookwood (United Kingdom 1914-1918) Memorial, Surrey, England.

 

Maude

                                        Irish Times, 18 October 1919.