2nd Lieutenant Trench mortars, 9th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment), commissioned 5th September 1914. He is remembered on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.
He is also commemorated by a dedicatory plaque in the Memorial Hall in the village of Union Mills and on the Marown Parish War Memorial on the Isle of Man. He is also listed on the Jesus College War Memorial (south wall of the Cloister Court) and on panel 4 of the memorial to Middle and Inner Temple members in Temple Church, City of London.
His father, Dalrymple Maitland, was a prominent businessman and public figure on the Isle of Man. J. D. Maitland attended Mill Hill school near London from 1903 to 1909 and later in October, 1910 began his residence at Jesus College, Cambridge University (B.A. 1914). He was awarded an entrance scholarship of £40 for History by the College. At University he was involved in rowing and won the Farquharson Pairs trophy, along with J. H. Goldsmith (1909) in 1912. The Jesus College Boat Club record also shows that he rowed in the first boat in the Lent races, 1913. In this particular race Maitland rowed at number 3 and thus obtained first boat colours. He also rowed in the 2nd Jesus Boat (which was runner-up in the final of the Thames Challenge Cup) at the 1914 Henley Regatta. He was a prominent member of many debating societies and gave promise of a successful career at the bar and in politics. After attaining his degree via the History and Law Triposes, he entered Middle Temple in 1914.
He was killed in Flanders at Boesinghe near Ypres in 1916.
He is also commemorated by a dedicatory plaque in the Memorial Hall in the village of Union Mills and on the Marown Parish War Memorial on the Isle of Man. He is also listed on the Jesus College War Memorial (south wall of the Cloister Court) and on panel 4 of the memorial to Middle and Inner Temple members in Temple Church, City of London.
His father, Dalrymple Maitland, was a prominent businessman and public figure on the Isle of Man. J. D. Maitland attended Mill Hill school near London from 1903 to 1909 and later in October, 1910 began his residence at Jesus College, Cambridge University (B.A. 1914). He was awarded an entrance scholarship of £40 for History by the College. At University he was involved in rowing and won the Farquharson Pairs trophy, along with J. H. Goldsmith (1909) in 1912. The Jesus College Boat Club record also shows that he rowed in the first boat in the Lent races, 1913. In this particular race Maitland rowed at number 3 and thus obtained first boat colours. He also rowed in the 2nd Jesus Boat (which was runner-up in the final of the Thames Challenge Cup) at the 1914 Henley Regatta. He was a prominent member of many debating societies and gave promise of a successful career at the bar and in politics. After attaining his degree via the History and Law Triposes, he entered Middle Temple in 1914.
He was killed in Flanders at Boesinghe near Ypres in 1916.
2nd Lieutenant Trench mortars, 9th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment), commissioned 5th September 1914. He is remembered on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.
He is also commemorated by a dedicatory plaque in the Memorial Hall in the village of Union Mills and on the Marown Parish War Memorial on the Isle of Man. He is also listed on the Jesus College War Memorial (south wall of the Cloister Court) and on panel 4 of the memorial to Middle and Inner Temple members in Temple Church, City of London.
His father, Dalrymple Maitland, was a prominent businessman and public figure on the Isle of Man. J. D. Maitland attended Mill Hill school near London from 1903 to 1909 and later in October, 1910 began his residence at Jesus College, Cambridge University (B.A. 1914). He was awarded an entrance scholarship of £40 for History by the College. At University he was involved in rowing and won the Farquharson Pairs trophy, along with J. H. Goldsmith (1909) in 1912. The Jesus College Boat Club record also shows that he rowed in the first boat in the Lent races, 1913. In this particular race Maitland rowed at number 3 and thus obtained first boat colours. He also rowed in the 2nd Jesus Boat (which was runner-up in the final of the Thames Challenge Cup) at the 1914 Henley Regatta. He was a prominent member of many debating societies and gave promise of a successful career at the bar and in politics. After attaining his degree via the History and Law Triposes, he entered Middle Temple in 1914.
He was killed in Flanders at Boesinghe near Ypres in 1916.
He is also commemorated by a dedicatory plaque in the Memorial Hall in the village of Union Mills and on the Marown Parish War Memorial on the Isle of Man. He is also listed on the Jesus College War Memorial (south wall of the Cloister Court) and on panel 4 of the memorial to Middle and Inner Temple members in Temple Church, City of London.
His father, Dalrymple Maitland, was a prominent businessman and public figure on the Isle of Man. J. D. Maitland attended Mill Hill school near London from 1903 to 1909 and later in October, 1910 began his residence at Jesus College, Cambridge University (B.A. 1914). He was awarded an entrance scholarship of £40 for History by the College. At University he was involved in rowing and won the Farquharson Pairs trophy, along with J. H. Goldsmith (1909) in 1912. The Jesus College Boat Club record also shows that he rowed in the first boat in the Lent races, 1913. In this particular race Maitland rowed at number 3 and thus obtained first boat colours. He also rowed in the 2nd Jesus Boat (which was runner-up in the final of the Thames Challenge Cup) at the 1914 Henley Regatta. He was a prominent member of many debating societies and gave promise of a successful career at the bar and in politics. After attaining his degree via the History and Law Triposes, he entered Middle Temple in 1914.
He was killed in Flanders at Boesinghe near Ypres in 1916.
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