Maurice was born in 1923 in Mile End, London the son of Benjamin and Jane née Raymond and was one of ten children. After leaving school Maurice worked as a sewing machine mechanic. Maurice’s father Benjamin also served in the RAF as a corporal in 909 Balloon Squadron.

Aged 21, Maurice married Frances Williamson in Newark in April 1944 five months before he was killed.

Maurice was the wireless operator/air gunner on Lancaster PB535 which departed from RAF Dunholme Lodge on a night operation to Darmstadt. The aircraft crashed at 01.30 on the 12 Sept 1944 near Roxheim a small town 6 km south of Worms killing all the crew.

Nav, Terence Lansdowne Awcock, RAAF, 406988
A/G, Henry John Conquest, RAAF, 429450
A/G, Ivan Patrick Hourigan, RAAF, 410668
Pilot, Donald Stephen Lade, RAAF, 418130
A/B, Joseph Archibald Wilson McCallum, DFC, 173828
F/E, Thomas Starkie, 548376

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