BORN CLERKENWELL, MIDDLESEX 1887. SON OF THOMAS MAPLESDEN (1854-1933) & MARY EMMA MAPLESDEN (1854-1936), WHO LIVED AT 35 NORWOOD STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS); 11, HOPWOOD STREET, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS) AND 2, MASON’S TERRACE, WELLINGTON LANE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE WAS BROTHER TO THOMAS MAPLESDEN, AND FIVE SISTERS.
WORKED AS A SLATER BEFORE THE WAR. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 3.5 INCHES TALL, 140 LBS WEIGHT, 36 INCH CHEST, BLUE EYES, BROWN HAIR, DEFECTIVE TEETH, CHURCH OF ENGLAND RELIGION.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 09/11/1914. SENTTO GALLIPOLI. HE CONTRACTED TYPHOID AT SULVA BAY ON 30/11/1915 AND EVACUATED TO MALTA. ARRIVED HOME IN ENGLAND ON 26/01/1916. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 12/12/1916. SERVED IN THE 8TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS ON 05/06/1917, AGED 30. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 21/06/1917, AGED 30. HIS ARMY EFFECTS INCLUDED “LETTERS, TIN OF CIGARETTES, ROSARY, METAL MIRROR, PAIR OF NUMERALS AND A REGISTERED ENVELOPE”. HE HAD SERVED IN THE ARMY FOR 2 YEARS AND 209 DAYS. HE IS BURIED AT FAUBOURG D’AMIENS CEMETERY, ARRAS, FRANCE.
HIS NAME IS ONE OF 46 EMPLOYEES LISTED ON THE IDEAL BOILER AND RADIATOR WW1 MEMORIAL, NATIONAL AVENUE, HULL.
