Lieutenant Douglas Slade Maunsell

Regiment: Royal Dublin Fusiliers
Attached: Royal Irish Rifles
Panel reference: Pier and Face 16 C.
Date published: 29/09/1916
Killed in action: Yes
Date of death: 06/09/1929
Cemetery: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Information: Lieutenant Douglas Slade Maunsell, who was killed in action in France on the 6th inst., was the second son of Major A. M. Maunsell, late of the Royal Munster Fusiliers. He was attached to the Royal Irish Rifles at the front during the first year of the war, but had been home on sick leave and light duty for eight months. He had only been out four days when he met his death. Lieut. Maunsell was for many years in the 4th (Special Reserve) Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers, and was granted a regular commission in his father's old regiment while serving in France.