Francis Aylmer ("Frank") Maxwell · Brigadier-General · † 1917

Personal data

Name	Maxwell
Initials	F.A.
Christian name	Francis Aylmer ("Frank")
Date and place of birth	Guildford; 07.09.1871
Family	Son of Thomas Maxwell, M.D., and Violet Sophia Maxwell; husband of Charlotte Alice Hamilton Maxwell.

Information: Educated at United Services College, Westward Ho!, Devon, and Royal Military College Sandhurst.
Information 2: Served on the North-West Frontier in India (1895-'98) and the Second Boer War (1899-1900). Was Aide-de-camp to Lord Kitchener in South Africa and India.
Information 3: A volume of his edited letters was published by his widow in 1921.

Rank	Brigadier-General
Regiment / Unit	Commanding 12 Middlesex Regiment (until Oct. 1916) and later 27 Infantry Brigade, 9 (Scottish) Division
Date of death	21/09/1917
Age	46
Cemetery / Memorial	Ypres Reservoir Cemetery, I.A.37; personal inscription: AN IDEAL SOLDIER AND A VERY PERFECT GENTLEMAN BELOVED BY ALL HIS MEN

Information: "Remembrance"
Information 2: Secondary unit: late 18 King George's Own Lancers
Information 3: V.C., D.S.O. & Bar, Mentioned in Despatches, Companion of the Star of India
Information 4: 'The Frank Maxwell Lamp' - Guildford Branch, Surrey. Endowed on 06.02.1929. First lit by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales in the Great Hall of Church House, Westminster on 27.04.1929. "In memory of Frank Maxwell, V.C., Brig.-Gen., 27th Lowland Brigade. Ypres, 21.9.1917." (Given by Mrs H. Powell.) Brass plaques (4) kept at Talbot House.
Information 5: Commemorated with a plaque in St. Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh.
Information 6: His brother, Lt. Col. Eustace Lockhart M., 11 King Edward's Own Lancers, was killed on 20.07.1916 (Neuve-Chapelle Indian Memorial).