Rupert Horace Maund was born in 1893 in Willesden, London and at the time of his attestation in March 1913, he was employed as a clerk for the Ocean Accident Insurance Company in Leytonstone, London. He joined up with the 25th County of London Cyclist Battalion, The London Regiment but by 1916 he was serving in France with the Royal Norfolk Regiment. In April 1916 he was treated in hospital for shellshock and in May 1917, suffered a penetrating wound, agian requiring hospital treatment. He was killed in action on 2 August 1917, aged just 24 and is buried at the British Cemetery in Monchy-le-Preux, France.

Julian Haswell