English
Maw, Private William Edwin
1894 - 1922 (~ 27 years) 
Has 20 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
Set As Default Person 
Abt 1828 - 1880-
Relationship 
with Living Birth Between Apr and Jun 1894 Gloucester, , Gloucestershire, England 
[1] Christening 8 Jul 1894 Northampton, , Northamptonshire, England [2, 3] - Name: William Edwin Maw Gender: Male Christening Date: 08 Jul 1894 Christening Place: Northampton, Northampton, England Birth Date: Birthplace: Death Date: Name Note: Race: Father's Name: Edwin Charles Maw Father's Birthplace: Father's Age: Mother's Name: Sarah Hannah Mother's Birthplace: Mother's Age: Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I00726-9 System Origin: England-EASy GS Film number: 6128373 Reference ID: yr 1888-1898 p 112
First name(s) William Edwin Last name Maw Gender Male Birth year - Birth place - Baptism year 1894 Baptism date 08 Jul 1894 Residence Northampton, Northampton, England Place Northampton County Northamptonshire Country England Father's first name(s) Edwin Charles Father's last name Maw Mother's first name(s) Sarah Hannah Mother's last name - Record set England Births & Baptisms 1538-1975 Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records Subcategory Births & baptisms Collections from Great Britain
Gender Male Census 31 Mar 1901 (~ 6 years) 86 Conduit Street, Gloucester, , Gloucestershire, England [4] St Paul Census 2 Apr 1911 (~ 16 years) Coombshurst, 23 Central Road, Gloucester, , Gloucestershire, England [5] - MAW, Edwin Charles Head Married M 46 1865 Secretary To Limited Liability Co Stamfordlincoln Rutland and Northampton
MAW, Sarah Hannah Wife Married
20 years F 45 1866 New Bodwell Bucks
MAW, William Edwin Son Single M 16 1895 Commercial Clerk Gloucester Glostershire
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RG number:
RG14 Piece:
15305 Reference:
RG14PN15305 RG78PN926 RD325 SD3 ED11 SN142
Registration District:
Gloucester Sub District:
Gloucester Southern Enumeration District:
11 Parish:
Gloucester
Address:
23 Central Road Gloucester County:
Gloucestershire
Occupation 2 Apr 1911 (~ 16 years) Coombshurst, 23 Central Road, Gloucester, , Gloucestershire, England [5] Commercial Clerk - MAW, Edwin Charles Head Married M 46 1865 Secretary To Limited Liability Co Stamfordlincoln Rutland and Northampton
MAW, Sarah Hannah Wife Married
20 years F 45 1866 New Bodwell Bucks
MAW, William Edwin Son Single M 16 1895 Commercial Clerk Gloucester Glostershire
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RG number:
RG14 Piece:
15305 Reference:
RG14PN15305 RG78PN926 RD325 SD3 ED11 SN142
Registration District:
Gloucester Sub District:
Gloucester Southern Enumeration District:
11 Parish:
Gloucester
Address:
23 Central Road Gloucester County:
Gloucestershire
Military Service 1914-1917 (~ 22 years) [6] WWI - William Edwin Maw - MILITARY SERVICE
Private 2765 (later 240761) 1/5th battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment.
Enlisted 01/09/14. Joined C Company
Entered France 29/03/15, going overseas with B Company
Discharged through wounds 04/07/17, receiving Silver War Badge No 231760 (showing he had served).
Sent to Brighton hospital
Died 27/04/22 of wounds received 28/08/16
Buried 02/05/22, Gloucester Cemetery
Probate - left £484 8s 5d to father
On the night of 27-28/08/16, A, B and C Companies of the 1/5th Gloucesters attacked a trench near Moquet Farm on the Somme, in support of the Anzac Corps' assault on Pozieres, and captured it.
Battalion War Diary:
27/08/16 7pm
"The battalion was ordered to attack trench from R32C50 - 33. C Coy attacked on the right and B Coy attacked on the left, both in two lines across the open.
A Coy. Two platoons advanced up communications trench X2A19 - R32C31. intense barrage for three minutes (this is a preliminary British barrage of the German trenches). Right Coy entered trench in their own barrage and left Coy at the moment it lifted. The bombing platoons met with considerable opposition in the communicator and a large party of Germans held out between Points 31 and 51 but were immediately forced to retire across the open when our Lewis guns accounted for all but three. Several dug-outs were bombed and the trench was consolidated and held. About 50 prisoners were taken and the enemy's other losses were estimated at about 200 killed or wounded and 1 machine gun captured. (It then lists the officers killed and wounded and mentions that 14 ORs were killed, 84 wounded - which would include William - and 10 missing) The trench and communicator were heavily shelled during the night. The prisoners belonged to the 5th Grenadier Guards Regiment."
It appears that William was wounded by a grenade (grenades, or bombs, as they were called, were used extensively in trench warfare, and more so than rifles later in the war). I imagine his wounds must have been pretty serious for him to be invalided out of the army.
SCHOOL:
Entered King's as a Pembroke or Mitchinson Exhibitioner in January 1906
Address given as Coombehurst, Central Road, Gloucester
Joined with Herbert Beacall (killed in action 1st July 1916, with the Accrington Pals at Serre) and Ian Jones (died of meningitis whilst in training)
Burial Apr 1922 All Saints Church, Barton Street, Gloucester, , Gloucestershire, England 
MMI - I13537 - William Edwin Maw
MMI - I13537 - William Edwin MawDeath 27 Apr 1922 23 Central Road, Gloucester, , Gloucestershire, England [7] - 23 Central Road, Gloucester
I13537 - Death William Edwin Maw
I13537 - Death William Edwin Maw
23 Central Road, Gloucester, , Gloucestershire, England
23 Central Road, Gloucester, , Gloucestershire, EnglandProbate 26 May 1922 (~ 27 years) Gloucester, , Gloucestershire, England - Maw William Edwin of Coombehurst 23 Central Road Goucester died 27 April 1922 Administration (with Will) Gloucester 26 May 1922 to Edwin Charles Maw secretary to public company. Effects £484 8s. 5d.
Obituary 17 Apr 1923 (~ 28 years) All Saints Church, Barton Street, Gloucester, , Gloucestershire, England [8] Marble Tablet in memory of William Edwin Maw - IN LOVING MEMORY OF WILLIAM EDWIN MAW, DEARLY LOVED AND ONLY SON OF EDWIN AND SARAH MAW OF THIS CITY. PRIVATE 1/5 GLOUCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT WHO VOLUNTEERED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE GREAT WAR, WAS SEVERELY WOUNDED IN FRANCE AUGUST 27th 1916 DIED APRIL 27th; 1922 AND WAS BURIED IN GLOUCESTER CEMETERY AGED 28 YEARS. `ON THE RESURRECTION MORNING, FATHER, MOTHER, SISTER, BROTHER MEET ONCE MORE'
_UID 8E31886AD039458499285D87AE9D3E2CDD02 Patriarch & Matriarch 
Maw, Matthew
b. Est 1712
d. Yes, date unknown (4 x Great Grandfather)
Kightly, Caroline
b. Abt 1828, Northampton,, Northamptonshire, England
d. Between Oct and Dec 1880, District Northampton (Grandmother) Headstones 
Submit Headstone Photo Person ID I13537 The Family Maw Last Modified 19 Nov 2022
Father 
Maw, Edwin Charles
b. Between Jul and Sep 1864, Stamford, , Rutland, England
d. 31 Mar 1938, Hillside, 151 Finlay Road, Gloucester, , Gloucestershire, England Mother Coombs, Sarah Hannah
b. 3 Jul 1865, New Bradwell, , Buckinghamshire, England
d. 9 Mar 1950, Hillside, 151 Finlay Road, Gloucester, , Gloucestershire, England (Age 84 years) Marriage 13 Sep 1890 St Michael and All Angels, Northampton, , Northampton, England [9] - Coombs Sarah Hannah Northampton 3b 158
MAW Edwin Charles Northampton 3b 158
Wallington Walter Northampton 3b 158
Wright Kate Northampton 3b 158
Age at Marriage He : ?? - She : 25 years and 2 months. Family ID F2154 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- Name: William Edwin Maw Gender: Male Christening Date: 08 Jul 1894 Christening Place: Northampton, Northampton, England Birth Date: Birthplace: Death Date: Name Note: Race: Father's Name: Edwin Charles Maw Father's Birthplace: Father's Age: Mother's Name: Sarah Hannah Mother's Birthplace: Mother's Age: Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I00726-9 System Origin: England-EASy GS Film number: 6128373 Reference ID: yr 1888-1898 p 112
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Birth - Between Apr and Jun 1894 - Gloucester, , Gloucestershire, England 
Christening - 8 Jul 1894 - Northampton, , Northamptonshire, England 
Census - St Paul - 31 Mar 1901 - 86 Conduit Street, Gloucester, , Gloucestershire, England 
Census - 2 Apr 1911 - Coombshurst, 23 Central Road, Gloucester, , Gloucestershire, England Occupation - Commercial Clerk - 2 Apr 1911 - Coombshurst, 23 Central Road, Gloucester, , Gloucestershire, England 
Burial - Apr 1922 - All Saints Church, Barton Street, Gloucester, , Gloucestershire, England 
Death - 27 Apr 1922 - 23 Central Road, Gloucester, , Gloucestershire, England Probate - 26 May 1922 - Gloucester, , Gloucestershire, England Obituary - Marble Tablet in memory of William Edwin Maw - 17 Apr 1923 - All Saints Church, Barton Street, Gloucester, , Gloucestershire, England = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
Photos I13537 - William Edwin Maw
I13537 - William Edwin Maw
Headstones 
MMI - I13537 - William Edwin Maw memorial
MMI - I13537 - William Edwin Maw memorial
Notes - From website:
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=040-gdr_4-2&cid=1-7-4-3&kw=maw#1-7-4-3
IN LOVING MEMORY OF WILLIAM EDWIN MAW, DEARLY LOVED AND ONLY SON OF EDWIN AND SARAH MAW OF THIS CITY. PRIVATE 1/5 GLOUCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT WHO VOLUNTEERED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE GREAT WAR, WAS SEVERELY WOUNDED IN FRANCE AUGUST 27TH 1916 DIED APRIL 27TH 1922 AND WAS BURIED IN GLOUCESTER CEMETERY AGED 28 YEARS. 'ON THE RESURRECTION MORNING, FATHER, MOTHER, SISTER, BROTHER MEET ONCE MORE' GDR/F8/4/3 1999
Sources - [S118] England and Wales, Civil Registration Index: 1837-1983, (FreeBMD. England and Wales, Civil Registration Index: 1837-1983. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2001. Original data: Microfilm and microfiche of the England and Wales, Civil Registration Indexes created by the General Register Office, in London, England.), GRO Reference - District Gloucester - Volume 6a Page 277 (Reliability: 3).
- [S171] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index(R), (Copyright (c) 1980, 2002), citing film: batch: I007269, downloaded 8 Nov 2008 (Reliability: 3).
- [S358] https://familysearch.org/, England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, "England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/J7YQ-VLP : accessed 09 Mar 2013), William Edwin Maw, 08 Jul 1894. (Reliability: 3).
- [S282] 1901 England Census (31 March 1901), (Source Information: Ancestry.co.uk. 1901 England Census [database online]. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2004. Indexed by MyFamily.com, Inc. from microfilmed schedules of the England 1901 Census. Data imaged from the National Archives, London, England. The National Archives gives no warranty as to the accuracy, completeness or fitness for the purpose of the information provided. Images may be used only for purposes of research, private study or education. Applications for any other use should be made to the National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 4DU. Infringement of the above condition may result in legal action. ), UK Cens 1901 - RG13-2431 - F 98 P 27 S 179 (Gloucester-South Hamlet) (Reliability: 3).
- [S114] UK Census 1911 (2 April 1911), UK Cens 1911 - RG14PN15305 RG78PN926 RD325 SD3 ED11 SN142 - (Gloucester-Gloucester Southern) (Reliability: 3).
- [S82] Emails, Email receieved from Bob Brunsdon (Reliability: 3).
Dear Johan,
I am in the process of researching the old boys of the King's School, Gloucester, listed on the school war memorial, a project that has been ongoing for many years. William Edwin Maw was one of the 59 I am looking at.
I reproduce below what I know so far, and attach a very poor quality photocopy of his obituary in "The Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucestershire Graphic". At some time I must revisit Gloucester Record Office and get a better copy. If you have anything you can add, I would be most grateful. I hope to eventually get something published through the school to commemorate the old boys who died in both World Wars.
As an aside, he will have known my Grandfather, who also worked in the Waggon Works' drawing office and joined the same battalion.
I hope this is of some use.
If you have any further information about the Gloucester side of the family that you think may be relevant, please let me know.
Many thanks,
Bob Brunsdon
William Edwin Maw - MILITARY SERVICE
Private 2765 (later 240761) 1/5th battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment.
Enlisted 01/09/14. Joined C Company
Entered France 29/03/15, going overseas with B Company
Discharged through wounds 04/07/17, receiving Silver War Badge No 231760 (showing he had served).
Sent to Brighton hospital
Died 27/04/22 of wounds received 28/08/16
Buried 02/05/22, Gloucester Cemetery
Probate - left £484 8s 5d to father
On the night of 27-28/08/16, A, B and C Companies of the 1/5th Gloucesters attacked a trench near Moquet Farm on the Somme, in support of the Anzac Corps' assault on Pozieres, and captured it.
Battalion War Diary:
27/08/16 7pm
"The battalion was ordered to attack trench from R32C50 - 33. C Coy attacked on the right and B Coy attacked on the left, both in two lines across the open.
A Coy. Two platoons advanced up communications trench X2A19 - R32C31. intense barrage for three minutes (this is a preliminary British barrage of the German trenches). Right Coy entered trench in their own barrage and left Coy at the moment it lifted. The bombing platoons met with considerable opposition in the communicator and a large party of Germans held out between Points 31 and 51 but were immediately forced to retire across the open when our Lewis guns accounted for all but three. Several dug-outs were bombed and the trench was consolidated and held. About 50 prisoners were taken and the enemy's other losses were estimated at about 200 killed or wounded and 1 machine gun captured. (It then lists the officers killed and wounded and mentions that 14 ORs were killed, 84 wounded - which would include William - and 10 missing) The trench and communicator were heavily shelled during the night. The prisoners belonged to the 5th Grenadier Guards Regiment."
It appears that William was wounded by a grenade (grenades, or bombs, as they were called, were used extensively in trench warfare, and more so than rifles later in the war). I imagine his wounds must have been pretty serious for him to be invalided out of the army.
SCHOOL:
Entered King's as a Pembroke or Mitchinson Exhibitioner in January 1906
Address given as Coombehurst, Central Road, Gloucester
Joined with Herbert Beacall (killed in action 1st July 1916, with the Accrington Pals at Serre) and Ian Jones (died of meningitis whilst in training - [S118] England and Wales, Civil Registration Index: 1837-1983, (FreeBMD. England and Wales, Civil Registration Index: 1837-1983. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2001. Original data: Microfilm and microfiche of the England and Wales, Civil Registration Indexes created by the General Register Office, in London, England.), GRO Reference - District Gloucester - Volume 6a Page 380 (Reliability: 3).
- [S116] Gloucestershire Archives: Archives Online Catalogue, Gloucestershire Archives: Archives Online Catalogue, (http://ww3.gloucestershire.gov.uk/DServe/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqPos=2&dsqSearch=((text)='maw')).
- [S118] England and Wales, Civil Registration Index: 1837-1983, (FreeBMD. England and Wales, Civil Registration Index: 1837-1983. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2001. Original data: Microfilm and microfiche of the England and Wales, Civil Registration Indexes created by the General Register Office, in London, England.), GRO Reference - District Northampton - Volume 8b Page 158 (Reliability: 3).