Aymer Edward Maxwell died of wounds on this day in 1914.
Born on 26 October 1877, Aymer Maxwell was the son of the Right Honourable Sir Herbert Maxwell and Mary Fletcher-Campbell.
He was educated at Eton and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. He entered the Grenadier guards in September 1897 and served in the South African War. Later, Aymer became a JP, DL and County Councillor for Wigtownshire and a Director of Crichton Royal Institution.
In 1909 he married Lady Mary Percy, daughter of the Duke of Northumberland. They had four children.
On mobilisation he immediately rejoined the Grenadier Guards and subsequently volunteered for service as Adjutant and second in command of the newly formed Royal Naval Division.
After four days of ceaseless exertion with little sleep , Maxwell was wounded in the head by the first shell of the bombardment of 8 October. He died the following day in the military hospital at Antwerp. He was buried in the garden there. He is now buried in Schoonselhof Cemetery.
Schoonselhof Cemetery. Photo - CWGC
With special thanks to 'Tribute to the Fallen: the men of Alnwick, Amble, Rothbury and Wooler Districts 1914-1920' by David Thompson, WFA Northumberland Branch.