Talk:Stanley Maude

Death of General Maude
My Great Uncle served under Maude (indeed my family still possesses a haggle toothed bayonet, taken from a dead Turkish soldier during Maude's Mesopotamian campaign in Kut el Amara). The story my Uncle told was that Maude was a harsh leader who ultimately met an untimely end.

After a long days march, an 18 year old soldier serving with a regiment close to Maude (possibly the Somersets?) during this campaign fell asleep on sentry duty. Maude had him executed. The regiment was indignant about this and Maude's habitual cup of evening milk was laced with Cholera infected material by the regimental cooks. This is of course all hearsay...but if true provides an interesting lesson to all in positions of authority....

BGHO — Preceding unsigned comment added by Birmingham ghost (talk • contribs) 18:56, 17 June 2011 (UTC)


 * I recall (some 30 yrs ago) reading in a microfilmed Times (of London) archive a story published not long after Maude's death that is worth checking out. The suspected fatal cup of milk had been given him to drink by local Arab chiefs he was meeting. I recall it said he decided not to refuse it because he did not want to appear discourteous to hosts who were happily drinking it themselves and whose people the British wanted to win over in the effort against the Ottomans. Thus leaving me with impression he died through a sense of diplomatic protocol.Cloptonson (talk) 21:11, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

Grave and memorials
Some links that may help:, , ,. Carcharoth (talk) 03:07, 18 January 2018 (UTC)