Name
Maxwell Montague Carpendale (MC)
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
14/10/1918
35
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Major
Jacob’s Horse
36th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Military Cross
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
DAMASCUS COMMONWEALTH WAR CEMETERY
A. 18.
Syria
UK & Other Memorials
Haileybury College Cloister Wall Memorial, Hertford Heath
Salcombe War Memorial, Devon
Plaque in Rathmichael Church, Shankill, Dublin
Pre War
Born on 12 Jul 1883 and baptised on 13 Sep 1883 in Mussoorie, Bengal, India son of Col. Montague Maxwell Carpendale (36th Jacob's Horse) and Mrs. Ellen Harriett Carpendale later of Sydenham Villas, Bray, Co. Wicklow. Educated at Haileybury College 1897-1901. He married Catherine Carleton Fry on 27 Nov 1911 in Bombay, India. Joined the Indian Army as 2nd Lieutenant on 27 Aug 1902 and was promoted to Lieutenant on 27 Nov 1904.
Wartime Service
Awarded Military Cross (Jul 1916).
Died from malaria at Damascus.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Karen Smith - Acting Director of External Relations www.haileybury.com/honour
