. Roll of service in the Great War, 1914-1919. 1915, and went abroadabout a year later. In France he was attachedto the 7th Battalion East Yorkshire Regimentand proved himself a most excellent officer. Hewas awarded the in 1918—for verygallant work when in command of a companyduring a big raid by his Battalion on the enemytrenches at Beaumont-Hamel on the night of 8June 1918. His leadership was magnificent andgreatly assisted in making the enterprise a suc-cess. He died of wounds in the advance onFlers, 26 August 1918. MAITLAND, ROBERT: Sergeant, New Zealand Rifle Brigade ; son of John Ma
. Roll of service in the Great War, 1914-1919. 1915, and went abroadabout a year later. In France he was attachedto the 7th Battalion East Yorkshire Regimentand proved himself a most excellent officer. Hewas awarded the in 1918—for verygallant work when in command of a companyduring a big raid by his Battalion on the enemytrenches at Beaumont-Hamel on the night of 8June 1918. His leadership was magnificent andgreatly assisted in making the enterprise a suc-cess. He died of wounds in the advance onFlers, 26 August 1918. MAITLAND, ROBERT: Sergeant, New Zealand Rifle Brigade ; son of John Maitland, farmer, East Balhal- gardy, Inverurie; born Chapel of Garioch, 1 June 1883 ; educated at Inverurie and at Robert Gordons Col- lege, Aberdeen; student in Agriculture, 1899-1900. At the outbreak ofwar he was farming inNew Zealand, and inMay 1916 joined theNew Zealand Rifle Brigade as a Private. He was drafted toEngland in December 1916, and the followingmonth was sent to France where he took hisshare in the dangers of the campaign. He. 97 IN ME MORI AM.
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