Ronald Frank Strickland Mauduit

1894 - 1928

• Name	Ronald Frank Strickland Mauduit
  Born	30 Oct 1894	Achalpur, India   [1]
  Baptism	21 Dec 1894	Achalpur, India   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Military service	1914
  	captain, 7th Dragoon Guards and RAF
  Occupation	1917	Hendon, Middlesex
  	Royal Aero Club Aviators’ Certificate
  Honours	1918
  	Military Cross (MC) see http://goo.gl/0E3iB
  	Lt. Ronald Frank Strickland Mauduit. For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He carried out a most valuable single machine reconnaissance at a height of 500 feet, searching enemy roads and railways and obtaining important information. On another occasion, while on a photographic reconnaissance, he encountered twenty hostile scouts and drove down two of them out of control. He has destroyed ten enemy machines, and shown the greatest determination at his work. source: London Gazette, 5 July 1918 http://goo.gl/roxIq
  aka	Ronald Mauduit
  Died	13 Mar 1928	Sialkot, India   [2]
  Probate	15 May 1928  [2]
  	on death of Ronald F S Maduit, to his widow Irene Helen. Effects £50
  Age	33 years
  Notes	World War I flying ace credited with nine aerial victories. see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Mauduit Mauduit was a cadet at RMC Sandhurst when World War I began. On 15 August 1914 he was commissioned into 7th (Princess Royal's) Dragoon Guards upon graduation. On 17 May 1915 he was promoted to Temporary Lieutenant; he was confirmed in this rank 9 August 1915. He earned Pilot's Certificate number 4271 on 24 February 1917. On 25 April 1917 he was seconded to Royal Flying Corps as a Lieutenant. On 12 July 1917, he began his victory string while assigned to 11 Squadron to fly a Bristol F.2 Fighter. By 17 October, with the aid of either E. R. Dibbs, Jack Mason, or C. C. Dennis manning the guns in the rear seat, he had driven down out of control six Albatros D.Vs. On 21 October, with Leslie McRobert in the back seat, Mauduit set a D.V. afire, destroyed another, and drove a third one down over Lecluse. On 12 December 1917, he was raised from Flying Officer to Flight Commander with the concomitant rank of Temporary Captain. Post war On 8 December 1922, he was granted seniority as Captain from 20 November 1919.
  Person ID	I469	Brooksbank
  Last Modified	13 Feb 2013

  
  

  Father	Lt-Col Frank Rowley Metcalfe de Rittich Mauduit,   b. 12 Mar 1862,   d. 4 Jul 1931, Elham, Kent   –  Age: 69 years
  Mother	Annie Maud Unknown
  Married	Abt 1885	India
  Family ID	F3638	Group Sheet

  
  

  Spouse	Irene Helen Brooksbank,   b. 30 Mar 1895, Kensington, London ,   d. 1974, Canterbury, Kent   –  Age: 78 years
  Married	1919	Driffield, Yorkshire   [3]
  Children	1. Anthony Mauduit
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2013
  Family ID	F202	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map

  Married - 1919 - Driffield, Yorkshire  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3391] baptism i469. [S3390] probate i469. [S2233] marriage f202.