British Army Brigadier General, 2nd Boer War Victoria Cross Recipient. He received the award from the Duke of York (the future King George V) at Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, on August 14, 1901 for his actions at a lieutenant attached to Roberts's Light Horse, British Indian Army, at Korn Spruit, South Africa, on March 31, 1900. Following his commission as a second lieutenant with the Sussex Regiment in 1891, he transferred to the British Indian Army and saw action in the Chitral Expedition (1895) and the Tirah Campaign (1897 to 1898). In 1899 he was sent to South Africa where he served under the Roberts's Light Horse where he fought against Boer guerillas in the 2nd Boer War. Following the war, he was promoted up the ranks and during World War I he commanded the 12th Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment followed by the 18th King George's Own Lancers, Indian Army, and the 27th Brigade of the 9th (Scottish) Division. On September 21, 1917, at the Battle of the Menin Road Ridge in Belgium, he was killed by a German sniper as he was inspecting the front line. He was interred at the Ypres Reservoir Cemetery. His Victoria Cross citation reads" "Lieutenant Maxwell was one of three Officers not belonging to Q Battery, Royal Horse Artillery, specially mentioned by Lord Roberts as having shown the greatest gallantry, and disregard of danger, in carrying out the self-imposed duty of saving the guns of that Battery during the affair at Korn Spruit on 31st March 1900. This Officer went out on five different occasions and assisted to bring in two guns and three limbers, one of which he, Captain Humphreys, and some Gunners, dragged in by hand. He also went out with Captain Humphreys and Lieutenant Stirling to try to get the last gun in, and remained there till the attempt was abandoned." Beside the Victoria Cross, he was awarded numerous other medals, including the India Medal (with 4 campaign clasps), the Queen's South Africa Medal (with 6 campaign clasps), the King's South Africa Medal (with 2 campaign clasps), the British War Medal (1914-1920), and the British Victory Medal (1914-1919). In addition to this cenotaph at Saint Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh, Scotland, he is commemorated with a cenotaph at the Guilford Cemetery in Surrey, England. His medals are currently on display at the British Imperial War Museum's Lord Ashcroft Gallery in London, England.