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Personal data William Ebenezer Maitland 

  • He was born on August 1, 1889 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.Source 1
  • Profession: in the year 1914 House physician in Glasgow Royal Infirmary.
  • Resident in the year 1901: Duncrag, Kilmalcolm, Renfrewshire, Scotland.
    1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
    Duncrag, Kilmalcolm, Renfrewshire, Scotland

    First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
    George Maitland Head Widower Male 43 1858 Leather Mercht & Boot Factor Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
    John Mcl Maitland Son - Male 12 1889 Scholar Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
    William E Maitland Son - Male 11 1890 Scholar Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
    Joseph M Maitland Son - Male 10 1891 Scholar Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
    George P Maitland Son - Male 6 1895 Scholar Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
    Elizabeth Kyle Servant Single Female 57 1844 Housekeeper Duns, Berwickshire, Scotland
    Jessie A H Paton Servant Single Female 33 1868 General Serv (Domestic) Blackford, Perthshire, Scotland
    Archibald Nicolson Visitor Single Male 29 1872 Commel Traveller (Leather) Invernessshire, Scotland
    Thomasina D Dodd Head Widow Female 76 1825 Annuitant Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland
    Rachel Dodd Daughter Single Female 48 1853 Mantle Maker Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland
    James Dodd Son Single Male 40 1861 Grocer Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland
    Jessie Dodd Niece Single Female 6 1895 Scholar Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland
  • He died on December 23, 1914 in Lillers, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France, he was 25 years old.Source 1
    First name(s) WILLIAM EBENEZER Last name MAITLAND Service number - Rank 2/LT
    Regiment Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs Battalion 3rd Battalion Birth place - Residence - Enlistment place -
    Death year 1914 Death day 24 Death month 12 Cause of death Died of wounds Death place - Theatre of war - Supplementary Notes (ATT R HRS) Category Military, armed forces & conflict Subcategory First World War
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  • A child of George Maitland and Janet Paton Maclay
  • This information was last updated on March 7, 2022.

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Notes about William Ebenezer Maitland

2nd Lieutenant William Ebenezer Maitland was a native of Kilmacolm. He attended Glasgow High School before attending the University of Glasgow where he studied medicine. He won class certificates in Physics, Practical Zoology and Diseases of the throat and nose, and went on to obtain his degree (MB ChB) in 1913.

He was working as house physician in Glasgow Royal Infirmary at the outbreak of war. he took a commission as 2nd Lieutenant in the Third Battalion Of the Seaforth Highlanders from august 15th 1914 and was soon drafted to the front with the 2nd Battalion of the Black Watch, to which he has been gazetted.

Second Lieutenant Maitland was wounded in the trenches 500 yards from Richebourg I' Avouve on 21st December 1914. Sadly he never made it home for Christmas and died from his wounds on Christmas Eve.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of William Ebenezer Maitland

William David Maitland
1820-1891
Elizabeth Cubbin
1816-1880

William Ebenezer Maitland
1889-1914


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    Historical events

    Birthday August 1, 1889

    • The temperature on August 1, 1889 was about 19.4 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 68%. Source: KNMI
    • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1889: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
      • February 11 » Meiji Constitution of Japan is adopted.
      • June 6 » The Great Seattle Fire destroys all of downtown Seattle.
      • June 26 » Bangui is founded by Albert Dolisie and Alfred Uzac in what was then the upper reaches of the French Congo.
      • November 8 » Montana is admitted as the 41st U.S. state.
      • November 11 » The State of Washington is admitted as the 42nd state of the United States.
      • November 15 » Brazil is declared a republic by Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca as Emperor Pedro II is deposed in a military coup.

    Day of death December 23, 1914

    • The temperature on December 23, 1914 was between -2.0 °C and 2.9 °C and averaged 0.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (34%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1914: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
      • August 28 » World War I: The Royal Navy defeats the German fleet in the Battle of Heligoland Bight.
      • August 29 » World War I: Start of the Battle of St. Quentin in which the French Fifth Army counter-attacked the invading Germans at Saint-Quentin, Aisne.
      • September 14 » HMASAE1, the Royal Australian Navy's first submarine, was lost at sea with all hands near East New Britain, Papua New Guinea.
      • September 22 » A German submarine sinks three British cruisers over a seventy-minute period, killing almost 1500 sailors.
      • November 13 » Zaian War: Berber tribesmen inflict the heaviest defeat of French forces in Morocco at the Battle of El Herri.
      • December 8 » World War I: A squadron of Britain's Royal Navy defeats the Imperial German East Asia Squadron in the Battle of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic.
    

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