Name
Frederick Arthur Maylin
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
25/09/1918
36
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
26587
King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
9th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
MIKRA BRITISH CEMETERY, KALAMARIA
340
Greece
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Hitchin Town Memorial, St Mary's Church Roll of Honour (Book), Hitchin
Pre War
He was married to Mrs F. Maylin and they had four children. Their home was at 3, Providence Terrace, St. Andrew's Place, Hitchin.
Before the war he had been employed by Mr F. Newton for 16 years. He was born in Hitchin and enlisted there in June 1916.
Wartime Service
At first he was in the Northamptonshire Regiment, but was later transferred to the 9th Battalion of the Royal Lancashire Regiment with the Regimental Number 26587. The Battalion was in the 65th Brigade being part of the 22nd Division.
Whilst serving in Salonika, on the 19th September 1918, he was wounded and died a few days later. On the 19th September the Division was about 40 miles north of Salonika near Lake Doiran fighting with the Greeks against the Bulgars. The Brigade was already much weakened by influenza but they tried to take ‘P’ ridge by themselves. Unfortunately, the enemy machine guns were too much for them and, after sustaining heavy casualties, they had to fall back.
He was buried in Grave 340 in the Mikra British Cemetery at Kalamaria in Greece.
Acknowledgments
Adrian Dunne, David C Baines, Jonty Wild
