Mapleys at War

“I saw the 23rd the other day and I never saw a regiment in such order. They are not strong in numbers, but it was the most complete and handsome military body I ever looked at.”
Duke of Wellington
See Benjamin Mapley below..

Any family history inevitably involves war engagements.

Second Indian War (1688-1697)

  • Matthew Mapley (1670-1690) under the command of Capt. John Withington, with Major Benjamin Church and Phips in overall charge of the raid on Quebec.
    • Born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA
    • Fought at Quebec, 1690

American Revolutionary War (1775-1783)

  • Roswel Mapley () Herrick's regiment, Vermont Militia. Service #39187612
    • Captain Samuel Robinson's company, Bennington 21 May, 1781
  • Stephen Maberly (1745-1831) Royal Navy
    • Battle of Saintes, West Indies, April 1782 - a major naval victory over the French Navy

Napoleonic Wars (1793-1815)

  • Benjamin Mapley () Private, Foot Regiment, 23rd. Battalion
    The Royal Welch Fusiliers
    • Fought at Waterloo, 1815
    • In June 1815 the regiment was at Waterloo where it suffered heavy artillery fire and many cavalry attacks and amongst the casualties was Colonel Sir Henry Ellis KCB who had commanded the regiment for eight years and suffered eight wounds during that period.
      The 23rd’s Light Company took part in the last action of the Napoleonic wars at Cambrai on 24th June 1815.
      The Adjutant –General issued pay books to all ranks and the example name given was Private Thomas Atkins 23rd Regt Foot.
      This is where the slang for a british soldier being “a Tommy” or Tommy Atkins comes from.
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Posse Comitatus (1798)

  • A survey of all men capable of acting in a military capacity who were not either Quakers, clergymen or already serving in a military unit. Men between the ages of 15 and 60 were included.

(1825)

  • R J Mapley () Ensign, 96th Foot (Manchester) Regiment
    • Fought at

Crimean War (1853-1856)

  • Emanuel Mapley (12/9/1830-10/1871) (1851) Private, 68th. Durham Foot Regiment
    Service #2724
  • (1855) Private, 49th. Hertfordshire Foot Regiment
    Service #3522
    • Son of Thomas Mapley & Sarah Pindar
    • Born in Great Linford, Bucks., England
    • Wounded - Siege of Sebastopol, 26 July 1855
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      The Siege of Sevastopol (1854-1855)
  • Charles Robert McNaughton Maberly (1829 - 1876) (1854-1856) Lieutenant, Royal Navy
    • Son of Charles Maberly & Charlotte McNaughton
    • Born in Owlesbury, Hants., England
    • Participated in the naval bombardment of Sebastopol, captained a gunboat into the Sea of Azov to assist in the capture of Kertch.
    • During a visit of the Prince of Wales to Canada he commanded H.M. Ariadne and was one of the Prince's personal retinue ashore.
    • Promoted to Commander in 1870

Prussian War (1870-1871)

  • William Mabley (1871) Private, 4th. Battalion 60th. KIngs Royal Regiment
    Service #2414

American Civil War (1861-1865)

  • B Mapley () Confederate
    • September, 1863

Nile Expedition (1884-1885) The "Gordon Relief Expedition"

  • Charles Evan Maberly (1854-1920) Royal Horse Artillery
    • Son of Major-General Evan Maberly & Laura Charlotte Smith
    • Born in Gibraltar

Boer War (1899-1902)

  • Albert Herbert Mapley (1875-18/4/1900) Private, Royal Army Medical Corps
    Service #12075
    • Son of Edward Mapley & Maria Denson
    • Born in Olney, Bucks., England
    • Died - Enteric fever, Estcourt, Natal
    • Buried - Ladysmith, Natal
  • Charles Mabley (1878-1902) Trooper, Brabant's Horse Regiment & Gorringe's Flying Column
    Service #33008/39215
    • Son of William Mabley & Elizabeth
    • Born in Wavendon, Bucks., England
  • Charles Evan Maberly (1854-1920) Colonel, Royal Horse Artillery
    • Son of Major-General Evan Maberly & Laura Charlotte Smith
    • Born in Gibraltar
    • Severely wounded at Magersfontein, awarded the DSO in 1901 for his actions in this campaign.
  • Ernest Reuben Mapley (7/6/1889-1905) Royal Navy
    Service #234985
    • Son of Samuel and Eleanor Mapley
    • Born in Leighton Buzzard, Bucks.
  • F C Mapley (-1908) Leicestershire Regiment
    Service #3074
    • Son of
    • Born in
  • H Mapley (-1895) British Army
    Service #4606257
    • Son of
    • Born in
  • W Mapley (-1902) Private, 8th. King's Royal Irish Hussars
    Service #2953
    • Son of
    • Invalided, awarded Queen's South Africa Medal

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World War 1 (1914-1918)

  • A Mabley (-1915)Private, Buffs/East Kent Regiment
    Service #9619
  • Alfred James Mapley (1886-26/10/1914) Private, 4th. Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
    Service #12822
    • Son of Walter Mapley & Mary Palmer
    • Killed - North France, awarded Victory Medal
    • Buried - Pont-du-Hem, La Gorque, France
  • Arthur Mapley (11/5/1897-1918) Leading Seaman, HMS Victory
    Service #J.18709
    • Son of
    • Born in Market Harborough, England
    • Killed - North France
    • Buried - North France
  • Arthur William Mapley (1895-21/8/1916) Private, 2nd./7th. Battalion, Royal Warwickshires
    Service #4209
    • Son of George Frederick Mapley & Annie Isabella Turnpenny
    • Born in London, England
    • Killed - North France
    • Buried - North France
  • Edward Charles Mapley (4/1894-14/2/1915) Private, Sherwood Foresters, Notts. & Derby
    Service #11326
    • Son of Edwin James Mapley & Elizabeth Anne Douglas
    • Born in Hardingstone, Northants., England
    • Killed - Nord-pas-de-Calais, France
    • Buried - Richebourg-L'Avoue, Nord-pas-de-Calais, France
  • Ernest Mapley (4/1894-14/2/1915) Private, Hertfordshire Regiment
    Service #2947
    • Son of Edwin James Mapley & Elizabeth Anne Douglas
    • Born in Hardingstone, Northants., England
    • Killed - Nord-pas-de-Calais, France
    • Buried - Richebourg-L'Avoue, Nord-pas-de-Calais, France
  • George Edmund Mapley (1894-23/7/1916) Drummer, Private, 19th. Battalion, Manchester Regiment
    Service #11886
    • Son of Edwin Sipley Mapley & Rose B Bowden
    • Born in , England
    • Killed - Thiepval, Somme, France
    • Buried - North France
  • George Frederick Mapley (1890-6/9/1917) Private, 1st./5th. Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers
    Service #40373
    • Son of George Mapley & Clara Matilda Sanders
    • Married to Alice Cambers, Father to Frederick George Mapley (1918-1989)
    • Born in Newport Pagnell, England
    • Killed - Zonnebeke, West Flanders, Belgium
    • Buried - Belgium
  • Henry Leonard Mapley (3/1898-7/3/1968) Gunner, Royal Garrison Artillery
    Service #122303
    • Son of James Thomas Mapley & Lucy Jane Chittenden
    • Married to Mary Wright, Father to Cyril, Dennis, William, Alan, Eric, Terence & Janet
    • Born in Newport Pagnell, England
    • 1914 - Garrison Point Fort, Sheerness
    • 1916 - Royal Garrison Artillery, France
    • Demobilised
  • Horace William Mapley (15/3/1890-1918) Mechanic, RFC Warrant Officer 2nd Grade (1915-1918)
    Service #207201
    • Son of
    • Married to Frances Dickinson
    • Born in Stantonbury, Bucks., England
    • 1914 - Gars
    • 1916 - Royal Ga
  • James Mapley (-1915) Private, Oxford & Bucks. Regiment
    Service #13974
    • Son of
    • Born in , England
    • Killed -
    • Buried -
  • J Mapley (-1918)Private, Bedfordshire Regiment
    Service #29821
    • Son of
    • Born in , England
    • Killed -
    • Buried -
  • James H Mapley (-1916)Private, Buffs/East Kent Regiment (1914-)
    Service #4508
    • Son of
    • Born in , England
    • Killed -
    • Buried -
  • John W Mapley (-1917)Private, Machine Gun Corps (1914-1917)
    Service #114960
    • Son of
    • Born in , England
    • Killed -
    • Buried -
  • John Mapley (-1918)Private, Grenadier Guards (1914-1918)
    Service #27947
    • Son of
    • Born in , England
    • Killed -
    • Buried -
  • J O Mapley (-1919) Private, South African Corps of Signals
    Service #6912
    • Son of
    • Born in
    • Deches
  • James Joseph Mapley (1899-28/8/1917) Rifleman, 1/21 Batallion, First Surrey Rifles, London Regiment (1914-1917)
    Service #651199
    • Son of James Mapley & Charlotte Lawrence
    • Born in Camberwell, London, England
    • Killed - Ypres, Belgium
    • Buried - Menin Gate, Ypres, Belgium
  • Joseph Mapley () Private, Royal Marine Light Infantry
    Service #PO/1789/S
    • Son of
    • Born in
    • Demobilised 6/2/1919
  • Joshua Claude Mapley () Australian Imperial Force
    Service #466
    • Son of
    • Born in Lachlan, Tasmania, Australia
    • Demobilised 6/2/1919
  • R Mabley () 2nd. Lieutenant, Welsh Regiment
    Service #
    • Son of
    • Born in
    • Demobilised 6/2/1919
  • Rosa Hilda Mapley (1892-) Steward, Womens Royal Naval Service
    Service #G1934
    • Daughter of Frederick Wilford Mapley & Amanda V. Gregory
    • Married to X Sudder, Mother to
    • Born in
  • Sidney Mabley (-1918) Armourer's Crew
    Service #M.31164
    • Son of
    • Born in
    • Demobilised 6/29
  • Thomas Harry Mapley (10/1894-7/7/1916) Machine Gunner, 7th. Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment
    Service #14712
    • Son of George Mapley & Clara Matilda Sanders
    • Born in Newport Pagnell, England
    • Killed - Somme, France
    • Buried - Thiepval Cemetery, Somme, France
  • T W Mabley (-1917) Sapper, Royal Engineers
    Service #149343
    • Son of
    • Born in
    • Demobilised
  • W J Mabley (-1917) Corporal, Central Ontario Regiment
    Service #213649
    • Son of
    • Born in
    • Demobilised
  • Walter Mabley (-) Private, Notts. & Derbyshire Regiment
    Service #102117
    • Son of
    • Born in
    • Demobilised
  • William Mapley (-) Driver, Army Service Corps.
    Service #T4/088840
    • Son of
    • Born in
    • Demobilised

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World War 2 (1939-1945)

  • E G Mapley (-1939) Warramt Office 1st. Class, Royal Army Medical Corps
    Service #
    • Son of Wison
    • Born in
    • Killed - Runnland
    • Buried - Runnand
  • G Mapley () Sergeant, RAF
    Service #633523
    • Son of
    • Born in
    • New Year's Honours List 1/1/1946
  • George Ernest Arthur Mabley () Leading Wireman, HMS Cockatrice
    Service #CMX76422
    • Son of
    • Born in
    • Defused a mine, 4/9/1945, mentioned in dispatches
  • H Mabley (-1945) Gunner, Royal Artillery
    Service #908105
    • Son of
    • Born in
    • Deches
  • H G P Mapley () Pilot Officer, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
    • Son of
    • Born in
    • Deches
  • Jack William Mapley (1917-12/9/1944) 5 Battalion, Beds. & Herts. Regiment (1942-1944)
    Service #5950730
    • Son of William Charles Mapley & Florence Mary Ann Hill
    • Born in Newport Pagnell, England
    • Killed - Singapore
    • Buried - Kranji, Singapore
  • John Mapley (-1945) Royal Air Force (-1945)
    Service #1870424
    • Son of
    • Born in
  • Maurice Mapley (1943-1947) Stoker, HMNB Devonport
    Service #DKX604772
    • Son of
    • Born in
    • Service 1943-1947
  • P G Mapley () Sergeant, 1st Northampton Yeomanry Regiment
    Service #420148
    • Son of
    • Born in
    • Service 1947
  • Roy Mapley (1921-29/7/1944) Gunner, Royal Artillery 149 Anti-Tank Regiment
    Service #1134920
    • Son of Walter Mapley & Minnie Staggles
    • Born in
    • Killed - Arezzo, Toscan, Italy
    • Buried - Italy
  • William Mapley (1922-7/5/1943) Sergeant, RAFVR, 58 Squadron
    Service #1377605
    • Son of William Mapley & Phoebe Ann Anderson
    • Born in Uxbridge, London, England
    • Killed in Action - Coastal Command Halifax II BB256
    • Buried - Runnymede, Surrey, England
  • W T Mapley (-1945) Rifleman, Royal Irish Fusiliers/Ulster Fusiliers
    Service #146510-4
    • Son of Wison
    • Born in
    • Killed - Rungland
    • Buried - Runngland

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Post-World War 2 (1945-)

  • John Mapley (1954-1956) Gunner, Field Regiment
    Service #23042455
    • Son of Won
    • Born in
  • John Emanuel Mapley (-1956) Royal Air Force
    Service #4188753
    • Son of Won
    • Born in
  • John Roger Mapley (-1956) Royal Air Force
    Service #5012453
    • Son of Won
    • Born in
  • David Mapley (1965-1991) Observer, Fleet Air Arm, HMS Victorious
    Service #92615
    • Son of Won
    • Born in
  • Dave Mapley (-1969) Corporal, Cheshire Regiment
    Service #
    • Son of Won
    • Born in
  • Gloria Mapley (1960-1964) Senior Aircraftwoman, RAF Waddington
    Service #2835979
    • Son of Won
    • Born in
  • Doreen Mapley (-1984)Warrant Officer Class 1, Women's Royal Army Corps
    Service #W/416795
    • Awarded Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE), 1984
    • Son of Won
    • Born in
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