Thomas Harold Broadbent Maufe VC (6 May 1898 - 28 March 1942) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. See below the section "Separate Commonwealth awards" Note that since Events 1527 - Spanish and German troops sack Rome; some consider this the end of the Renaissance. Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 37 - Roman Emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, entitled to him by the Senate. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland See below the section "Separate Commonwealth awards" Note that since The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located
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He was 19 years old, and a second lieutenant in the 124th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC. Second Lieutenant is the lowest commissioned officer Military rank in many Armed forces. The Royal Artillery, is the common name for the Royal Regiment of Artillery, is an Arm of the British Army. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All
On 4 June 1917 at Feuchy, France, Second Lieutenant Maufe, on his own initiative and under intense artillery fire repaired, unaided, the telephone wire between the forward and rear positions, thereby enabling his battery to open fire on the enemy. Events 781 BC - The first historic Solar eclipse is recorded in China. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Feuchy is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais département in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. He also saved what could have been a disastrous occurrence by extinguishing a fire in an advanced ammunition dump caused by a heavy explosion, regardless of the risk he ran from the effects of gas shells in the dump.
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By the end of the war he had achieved the rank of major, one of the youngest to hold that rank. Major is a Military rank the use of which varies according to country After the first world war Maufe completed his interrupted education at Cambridge and the Royal School of Mines. Royal School of Mines comprises the departments of Earth Science and Engineering, and Materials at Imperial College London. Maufe served in the Home Guard as a volunteer during World War II and was killed in an accident with a misfiring trench mortar during training at the age of 43 on the 28th March 1942 near Ilkley, West Yorkshire. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Ilkley is a Spa town and Civil parish in West Yorkshire, in the north of England. West Yorkshire is a Metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of He is buried in Ilkley Cemetery. [1]
Maufe's name is listed on a war memorial on the gates of his former school, Neville Holt, near the village of Medbourne, Leicestershire, along with about two dozen other casualties of the Great War.
References
- CWGC entry
- Location of grave and VC medal (West Yorkshire)
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