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Captain PETER BENSON MAXWELL

Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Yorkshire Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 September 1914

Age 33 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BRAINE COMMUNAL CEMETERY

A. 40.

France

Headstone

Photographer: Bill Caudwell

Individual headstone in Braine Communal Cemetery, France

Photographer: Unknown

  • Secondary Unit, Regiment formerly 35th Sikhs
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Sir William Edward Maxwell K.C.M.G., and Lady Maxwell; husband of Eileen Muriel Maxwell (nee Gordon).
  • Personal Inscription WINNER OF ANSON SWORD OF HONOUR AND QUEEN VICTORIA'S GOLD MEDAL
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Buried or commemorated at

BRAINE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Aisne France
Number of casualties: 78
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