Reginald Gilbert Maund – Royal Navy, H.M.S. Itchen
Able Seaman Reginald Gilbert Maund – Royal Navy, H.M.S. Itchen
Early Life
Reginald Gilbert Maund was born in 1899 in Swansea,
the son of Richard Maund and Ellen March, who had married in 1892
in Ludlow, Shropshire. He spent his early childhood in the St Thomas district
of Swansea.
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| 1901 Census |
By 1901, the Maund family were living at 9 Danygraig Road, St Thomas, Swansea. Reginald’s father, Richard, aged 32, was born in Ludlow and worked as an Accountant, while his wife Ellen, aged 31, was also from Shropshire. Their children at this time were Caroline Amy, aged 8; Reginald G., aged 2; and Valentine Leslie, aged 1. Ellen Maund died in 1903, leaving Richard a widower with three young children.
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| 1911 Census |
Richard remarried in 1907 in Ludlow, taking Jane Hardwick as his second wife. By the 1911 Census, the family had moved to 18 Trafalgar Place, Swansea. Richard, now 42, continued to work as an Accountant, and Jane, aged 38, was managing the household. Living with them were Caroline Amy, aged 18, employed as a Milliner; Reginald Gilbert, aged 12, who was attending school; and Jennette Hardwick, aged 2, the daughter of Richard and Jane.
Naval Service
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| Royal Navy Registers of Seamen’s Services |
The Royal Navy Registers of Seamen’s Services show that Reginald enlisted in the Royal Navy in 1915, during the First World War. He served as an Able Seaman, fully trained and qualified for sea service.
Death and Commemoration
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| British Army and Navy Birth, Marriage and Death Records |
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| H.M.S. Itchen |
On 6th July 1917, the destroyer was torpedoed
and sunk by the German submarine UC‑44, approximately 70 miles
north‑north‑east of Peterhead. The ship went down with the loss of eight
crew members, including Reginald.
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| Reginald Gilbert Maund Chatham Naval Memorial, Chatham credit - findagrave |
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