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Lt Richard Maul, 3rd. (East Kent) Regiment of Foot
Lt Richard Maul, 3rd. (East Kent) Regiment of Foot

To the glory of God and
to the memory
of
RICHARD COMPTON FRENCH MAUL
late lieutenant
3rd. Reg. The Buffs.
His
brother officers
affectionately
dedicate this
cross July 1875

Richard Compton French Maul, born in 1847 at Thelveton, Norfolk, the son of the Revd. Richard Compton Maul MA and Sophia Lee Maul, nee French.
Brother of,
Sophia Charlotte, b.1848 in Thelveton, d. aged 22, on 2nd. August 1870 in a climbing accident on Mont Blanc while on her honeymoon. Her body was never recovered.

John Frederic, b. 1849 in Thelveton, d.1915.

Florence Mary, b. 1851 in Rickinghall, d. after 1915.

Clara Joanna, b. 1854 in Rickinghall, d. after 1915.

Sybil Compton, b.1861 in Rickinghall, d. after 1931.

By the time of the 1871 census Richard had bought, or been bought by his father, a commission in the British Army
Richard died, aged 27, on Saturday 25th. April 1874 at Southampton, Hampshire, after having been invalided out of India where he had been serving as a lieutenant with the 3rd. (East Kent) Regiment of Foot, known as the 'Buffs'.

Richard's memorial is in the churchyard of St. Mary's at Rickenhall Inferior, Suffolk. Sadly this memorial has lost its uppermost piece, the cross, and its whereabouts is unknown.

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