Loben Edward Harold Maund
| Loben Edward Harold Maund | |
|---|---|
| Born |
26 September 1892 Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire |
| Died | 18 June 1957 (aged 64) Fittleworth, Sussex |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom
|
| Service/branch |
 Royal Navy
|
| Years of service | 1905–1946 |
| Rank | Rear Admiral |
| Commands held |
Scorpion Danae Inter-Service Training and Development Centre Ark Royal Director of Combined Operations, Middle East Director of Combined Operations, India Rear-Admiral, Landing Ships and Craft |
| Battles/wars |
World War I World War II |
| Awards | Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) Mention in Despatches (3) |
Loben Edward Harold Maund (26 September 1892 – 18 June 1957) was a rear admiral of the British Royal Navy, who served in World War I and World War II. He was the captain of the aircraft carrier Ark Royal when she was sunk in November 1941, but went on to serve in Combined Operations, playing an important role in the development of landing craft.
Maund was born in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, the son of Edward Arthur Maund and Eleanora Hawkesworth. Entering the Navy on 15 September 1905, he was trained at the Royal Naval Colleges at Osborne and Dartmouth, and was commissioned as a sub-lieutenant on 30 July 1913.
Maund served throughout World War I, being promoted to lieutenant on 30 December 1914, serving on the Dover Patrol, in the Grand Fleet and in Atlantic convoys, and seeing action at the battle of Jutland in mid-1916. From 1 March 1918 until January 1919 he served as commander of the destroyer Scorpion.
Maund was promoted to lieutenant-commander on 30 December 1922, and in mid-1923 had Wireless Signal duties in the Director of Training and Staff Duties Division, before being assigned in September as Staff Officer (Operations) to the Commander-in-Chief of the East Indies aboard the cruiser Chatham until January 1925. In 1926 he served aboard the cruiser Caradoc in the Mediterranean, before being appointed Executive Officer of the cruiser Curlew in June 1927.
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