1. Lieutenant-General Sir Frederick Stanley Maude KCB CMG DSO was a British Army officer.
15 Facts About Stanley Maude
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Stanley Maude is known for his operations in the Mesopotamian campaign during the First World War and for conquering Baghdad in 1917.
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The Stanley Maude family claimed descent from Eustace de Montaut, who came over to England during the Norman Conquest.
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Stanley Maude attended St Michael's School, Aldis House, Slough, and Eton College, where he was elected to Pop.
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Stanley Maude graduated in 1883 and was commissioned into the Coldstream Guards in February 1884.
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Stanley Maude first saw active service in Egypt from March to September 1885, where he was awarded the Egyptian Medal and the Khedive's Egyptian Star.
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Stanley Maude was promoted again, this time to major, on 5 February 1899, and next saw service during the Second Boer War, where he served from January 1900 to March 1901; and for which he was mentioned in dispatches, was appointed a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order and received the Queen's South Africa Medal.
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Stanley Maude served on the staff of the Governor-General until Lord Minto stepped down in 1904, when he returned to Britain to become second-in-command at the Coldstream Guards.
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Stanley Maude then joined the general staff, was promoted to lieutenant colonel in June 1907 and colonel in July 1911, by which time he was serving at the War Office in London as an assistant director.
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Stanley Maude was a staff officer with III Corps when, in October 1914, he was promoted to the temporary rank of brigadier general and given command of the 14th Infantry Brigade, part of the 5th Division, in place of Brigadier General Stuart Peter Rolt.
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Stanley Maude was wounded in April 1915 and returned home to recover.
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Stanley Maude was the last man evacuated from Suvla Bay.
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Stanley Maude was made commander of all Allied forces in Mesopotamia in late July 1916, replacing Sir Percy Lake.
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Stanley Maude's body was buried in Baghdad War Cemetery.
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Stanley Maude has a memorial stone at Brompton Cemetery in London.