| Maude | Fredwick Stanley | | Major | MAUDE, FREDERICK STANLEY, Major, was born 24 June 1864, youngest son of General Sir Frederick Francis Maude, VC, GCB, and Lady Maude. He was educated at Eton and Sandhurst, and was gazetted to the Coldstream Guards in February 1884. He served in the Sudan; was present at the actions of Hasheen and Tamai (1885), receiving the Medal and clasp and the Khedive's Star. Lieutenant Maude was appointed Adjutant, 1st Battalion The Coldstream Guards, in 1888, and held this appointment until 1892. He was promoted to Captain in 1891; passed the Staff College in 1896; became Major in 1899. The following notes are supplied by Colonel Sir James Magill, KCB: "At the outbreak of the South African War, Major Maude was Brigade Major, Brigade of Guards, in the Home District, so he was unable to accompany the troops first sent out. Resigning his post in London, he speedily followed, and on the 12th of February 1900, joined the Staff of Major General Pole-Carew, as Brigade Major, Guards Brigade, then encamped at Modder River. A few days subsequently, as he was observing the Boer position at Magersfontein, he came to the conclusion that the enemy had retired, and this proved to be correct. Marching from Modder River, the Guards Brigade arrived at Klip Drift on 19 February. The possession of the Drift was a most important item in the scheme of attack which Lord Roberts was planning against the Boer forces under General Cronje, who had taken up a position at Paardeberg, some 20 miles distant. After an obstinate defence General Cronje surrendered on the 27th February and next day some 4,000 prisoners passed through the lines of the Guards Brigade, en route for Cape Town. On the 7th of March the action of Poplar Grove was fought, and on the 10th that of Driefontein, this latter by the 6th Division. To complete the success of the day, an advance of the Guards was ordered (but eventually countermanded). While making the necessary dispositions Major Maude met with a severe accident. His horse fell and crushed him badly, injuring his right shoulder. Though he was only a few days absent from duty the injury proved very grave, and lasting in its effects, and he never fully recovered the use of his right arm. Bloemfontein, the capital of the Free State, was occupied on 13 March, and two days later a flying column under Major General Pole-Carew left to open up the railway communications to the south. During the halt at Bloemfontein the 11th Division was formed. It was composed of the Guards and the 18th Brigade, and was under the command of Major General Pole-Carew, while Major Maude continued as Brigade Major to the Guards Brigade, under Major General Inigo Jones. It was not until 1 May that the march on Pretoria was resumed. Kroonstad was reached on 5 May Johannesburg was occupied on the 31st, and on 5 June the troops entered Pretoria, and Major Maude, with one company of the 2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards, took formal possession of various official buildings. The Union Jack was hoisted in the Market Square, and that afternoon the troops were marched past Lord Roberts, the Guards Brigade leading. A week later, negotiations for peace having broken down, Lord Roberts attacked the Boers at Diamond Hill. Continuing the advance, Belfast was reached on 25 August Here Lord Roberta's force met that under Sir Redvers Buller coming up from Natal, and both were heavily engaged that day and the succeeding. From Belfast the 11th Division marched, and reached Nooitgedacht on the 31st. This was the principal camp of the British prisoners of war. The enemy still rearing, the Guards Brigade pushed on, and eventually arrived at Koomati Poort, the extreme limit of the Transvaal Territory, on 24 September. After a brief stay the Guards entrained for Pretoria, and the 11th Division having been broken up, Major General Inigo Jones's Brigade proceeded to Bloemfontein, and thence to guard the Drifts on the Orange River, a movement rendered necessary by the enemy having sent sundry raiding parties into Cape Town. The headquarters of the Guards was established at Naaupoort Junction on 24 December, and here Major Maude remained until his departure from South Africa on the 9th March 1901 to take up another appointment. While at Naaupoort, his work was mainly concerned with Staff duties connected with the various mobile columns and small garrisons which the changed features of the campaign had rendered necessary. From his arrival in South Africa till his departure, he carried out the lesson of his favourite motto, 'with both hands earnestly'. The official record of his service is: "South African War, 1899-1901, including advance on Kimberley, operations in the Orange Free State, actions at Poplar Grove, Driefontein, Karee Siding, Vet River and Zand River; and operations in the Transvaal, actions near Johannesburg, Pretoria, Diamond Hill and Belfast; operations in Cape Colony". Major Maude was mentioned in Despatches, received the Queen's Medal with six clasps and — for general gallantry during the campaign, when acting as Brigade Major — was created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order [London Gazette, 27 September 1901]: "Fredwick Stanley Maude, Major, Coldstream Guards. For services in South Africa". The Insignia were presented in Canada by the Earl of Minto. In May 1901, Major Maude had gone out to Canada as Lord Minto's Military Secretary, and he held this appointment until 1904. He made all the arrangements for the Royal Tour in Canada in September and October 1901, and was awarded a Companionship of St Michael and St George. The Insignia of the Order were presented to him by the Duke of York at Ottawa in September 1901. He became Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for War in 1905; was Chief Staff Officer, Coast Defences, Plymouth, from 1906 to 1908, and DAA and QMG, General Staff, 2nd London Division, Territorial Force, under Sir Henry Mackinnon, from 1908 to 1909; Assistant Director, Territorial Force, 1909-12. His work in the Military Training Directorate in connection with the Territorial Force was most valuable. He became Lieutenant Colonel in 1907; Colonel in 1911, and was Chief Staff Officer, 5th Division, at the Curragh, from 1912 to 1914. He was at the War Office, in the Military Training Branch, under Sir William Robertson, from January 1914, until the outbreak of the European War, when he was appointed to the Staff of the 3rd Corps, under General Pulteney, and proceeded to France. Colonel Maude was promoted to Brigadier General in October 1914, and was given command of the 14th Infantry Brigade. He took an active part in the fighting in Flanders, under General Sir Charles Fergusson, and was present at Hill 60. He was created CB in February 1915. In April 1915, he was severely wounded, spending three weeks in Lady Ridley's Hospital in London, when he returned to his Brigade in France. He became Major General in June, and assumed command of the 33rd Infantry Division in England, but had hardly settled down to his new duties when, in August 1915, he was sent at a few hours' notice to the Dardanelles. Maude arrived at the Dardanelles on the 23rd August; interviewed Sir Ian Hamilton on that date, and was given command of the 13th Division, which had seen some very hard fighting. In December a few days after the evacuation at Suvla Bay had been successfully accomplished, Maude was sent with his Division to assist at the evacuation of the Helles area, and he had to carry out the disembarkation from Gully Beach. A sudden storm made Gully Beach impracticable, the sea was rising fast, and Maude had to trek down to 'W' Beach, to see if he and his men could not manage to get away from there. The situation was intensely critical. At any moment the Turks might have awakened to the fact that the British Army was stealing away, and that the rearguard were at their mercy. Here Maude was at his best; all ranks testify to his conduct and to the nerve and example by which he kept everyone cool and steady. Nothing would induce him to part with a huge valise he was carrying; he was about the last man to embark, and the higher command became very anxious about | Coldstream Guards |
