Francis Aylmer Maxwell (VC, CSI, DSO & Bar) 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.
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He was 28 years old, and a Lieutenant in the Indian Staff Corps , Indian Army, attd. Roberts's Light Horse during the South African War (Boer War) when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.
On 31 March 1900 at Korn Spruit , South Africa, Lieutenant Maxwell carried out the self-imposed duty of saving the guns. He went out on five different occasions and helped to bring in two guns and three limbers, one of which he, another officer and some gunners dragged in by hand. He also went out with two other officers and tried to get the last gun in and remained there until the attempt had to be abandoned. During a previous campaign, (the Chitral Expedition, 1895) he had removed the body of a lieutenant colonel of the Corps of Guides, under fire.
He was killed in action, Ypres, Belgium, on 21 September 1917.
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He later achieved the rank of Brigadier General.
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This page has been migrated from the Victoria Cross Reference with permission.
