Major Robert Reid Maitland MB CHB RAMC

Rank	Major
Name & Decorations	Robert Reid Maitland MB CHB
Service	British Army
Unit	Royal Army Medical Corps
Attached To	Deputy Assistant Director Medical Servces RAMC 225 Parachute Field Ambulance RAMC Divisional HQ, British 6^th Airborne Div.
Operation	Operation DEADSTICK
Date of Death	7^th June 1944
Place of Death	Ranville, France
Circumstances	Died of Wounds sustained whilst treating a casualty
Age	25
Buried or Commemorated at	Ranville Churchyard
Grave or Memorial Number	Grave 48

167788 Major Robert Reid Maitland MB CHB RAMC

Son of Harry Reid Maitland and Helen Maitland. Born in 1918 in Methlick, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Husband of Mary Lindsay Maitland, of Aberdeen. M.B., Ch.B. (Aberdeen).

Major Robert Reid Maitland served with the Royal Army Medical Corps attached 6th Airborne Divisional HQ, and took part in the D-Day landings to Normandy on 5-6 June 1944. Major Maitland died of wounds sustained whilst treating a casualty, on 7 June 1944, aged 25 years old. He is now buried at Ranville Churchyard, near the War Cemetery, in Normandy.