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Maynard Kingsley Archdall

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Chapel King's College Otahuhu. CC BY John Halpin 2014.

Chapel King's College Otahuhu. CC BY John Halpin 2014.

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Maynard Kingsley AWMM
  • Surname
    Archdall AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 137870 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
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Civilian life

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Service

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    1941-1945 Burma AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 137870 AWMM
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Medical history

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    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

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Biographical information

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  • Maynard Archdall was the son of the Revd. Canon Henry Kingsley Archdall, M.A., and Laura Archdall, of St. Marychurch Vicarage, Torquay, Devon.

    Maynard was the third son of Headmaster of King's College, Canon Archdall, He attended King's School and King's College and later Cambridge University where he enlisted in the British Army in 1939.

    He became a Troop Commander in the Royal Artillery Battery in Burma. In the 14th Army's bitterly opposed advance against the Japanese from Assam to Mandalay, he was killed in action. He was at the time in a forward observation post for his artillery troop.

    His brother, Warwick Henry Archdall (174209), also died in WW2. AWMM
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Death

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  • Death
    8 April 1945 AWMM
    Age 26 AWMM
    Myanmar (Burma), Southeast Asia AWMM
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    Killed in Action AWMM
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    Taukkyan War Cemetery, Rangoon, Myanmar AWMM 17. F. 17. AWMM
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