Henry enlisted for WWI from Tinui, in the Wellington Mounted Rifles in WWI. His next of kin was his father in TInui.
He embarked on 16 Oct 1914 as Second Lieutenant 11/338, with the 9th Wellington Mounted Rifles, Main Body.
Hawkes Bay Tribune, 11 Dec 1915
Second Lieutenant Henry Beresford Maunsell to be Lieutenant.
NZ Times, 21 Oct 1916
Lieutenant Henry Beresford Maunsell is struck off the strength of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force and absorbed into the establishment with the rank of 2nd Lieutenant.
He married Margaret Leslie 'Peggy' Collie (1893-1938) in 1917. Daughter of George Henry Collie (1858-1945) & Ethel Sladen (1864-1959)
Dominion, 6 Jan 1917
MAUNSELL-COLLIE - On the 4th January 1917, at St Matthew's Church, Masterton, by the Rev Hubert Watson, M.A., Vicar of St Peter's, Wellington, assisted by the Rev john Walker, M.A., Vicar of the Parish, Henry Beresford Mausell, Lieut. 9th M.R., second son of J. F. Mausell, of Eridge, Masterton, to Margaret Leslie, second daughter of G. H. Collie, of Glassel, Masterton
Wairarapa Daily Times, 3 March 1922
In Masterton Police Court Retaining Ammunition. At the Masterton Police Court this morning, before Mr S. L. P. Free, S.M., Henry Beresford Maunsell, of Tenui, was charged with having 375 rounds of automatic pistol ammunition unlawfully in his possession. Senior-Sergeant Cummings said that defendant, who is a returned officer, had an automatic pistol, which he applied to be allowed to retain. When defendant was asked if he had possession of any ammunition he admitted he had. It was illegal to have ammunition after April 1st. There seemed to have been some misunderstanding between Maunsell and the sergeant who was formerly in charge at Masterton. Sergeant Cummings said he believed that Maunsell honestly thought he was acting lawfully and was not the type of person who would willfully commit a breach of the law .. more: https://tinyurl.com/4zwhpzws
Evening Post, 11 May 1937
New Zealand Recipients His Excellency the Governor-General has announced that his Majesty the King has been graciously please, on the occasion of the Coronation, to confer the following honours, in recognition of services rendered to the Dominion:- Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Beresford Maunsell, Officer Commanding Wellington East Coast Mounted Rifles, Member of the Order of the British Empire (M.B.E.)
In 1937 he travelled to London with Margaret and was awarded an OBE. Margaret remained for medical treatment. She died there in 1938.
Wairarapa Daily Times, 18 Feb 1838
OBITUARY The many friends of Mr H. B. Maunsell of Rathkeale, Opaki, will learn with profound regret of the death of his wife in England on Wednesday. Not long ago Mr Maunsell took his wife to England and arranged for her to remain there for a period, in order to undergo a course of treatment for an ailment which was proving difficult to treat satisfactorily. Deceased, who was of a charming disposition, was a daughter of Mr and Mrs G. H. Collie, of Masterton. She leaves, besides her husband, three daughters to mourn a sad loss.
In 1939 Henry next married Phoebe Muriel Thompson (1898-1983) in New Zealand
Waikato Times, 4 Aug 1939
Army Commands Military appointments gazetted tonight include Colonel H. B. Maunsell, to command the Second New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade
He embarked on 16 Oct 1914 as Second Lieutenant 11/338, with the 9th Wellington Mounted Rifles, Main Body.
Hawkes Bay Tribune, 11 Dec 1915
Second Lieutenant Henry Beresford Maunsell to be Lieutenant.
NZ Times, 21 Oct 1916
Lieutenant Henry Beresford Maunsell is struck off the strength of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force and absorbed into the establishment with the rank of 2nd Lieutenant.
He married Margaret Leslie 'Peggy' Collie (1893-1938) in 1917. Daughter of George Henry Collie (1858-1945) & Ethel Sladen (1864-1959)
Dominion, 6 Jan 1917
MAUNSELL-COLLIE - On the 4th January 1917, at St Matthew's Church, Masterton, by the Rev Hubert Watson, M.A., Vicar of St Peter's, Wellington, assisted by the Rev john Walker, M.A., Vicar of the Parish, Henry Beresford Mausell, Lieut. 9th M.R., second son of J. F. Mausell, of Eridge, Masterton, to Margaret Leslie, second daughter of G. H. Collie, of Glassel, Masterton
Wairarapa Daily Times, 3 March 1922
In Masterton Police Court Retaining Ammunition. At the Masterton Police Court this morning, before Mr S. L. P. Free, S.M., Henry Beresford Maunsell, of Tenui, was charged with having 375 rounds of automatic pistol ammunition unlawfully in his possession. Senior-Sergeant Cummings said that defendant, who is a returned officer, had an automatic pistol, which he applied to be allowed to retain. When defendant was asked if he had possession of any ammunition he admitted he had. It was illegal to have ammunition after April 1st. There seemed to have been some misunderstanding between Maunsell and the sergeant who was formerly in charge at Masterton. Sergeant Cummings said he believed that Maunsell honestly thought he was acting lawfully and was not the type of person who would willfully commit a breach of the law .. more: https://tinyurl.com/4zwhpzws
Evening Post, 11 May 1937
New Zealand Recipients His Excellency the Governor-General has announced that his Majesty the King has been graciously please, on the occasion of the Coronation, to confer the following honours, in recognition of services rendered to the Dominion:- Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Beresford Maunsell, Officer Commanding Wellington East Coast Mounted Rifles, Member of the Order of the British Empire (M.B.E.)
In 1937 he travelled to London with Margaret and was awarded an OBE. Margaret remained for medical treatment. She died there in 1938.
Wairarapa Daily Times, 18 Feb 1838
OBITUARY The many friends of Mr H. B. Maunsell of Rathkeale, Opaki, will learn with profound regret of the death of his wife in England on Wednesday. Not long ago Mr Maunsell took his wife to England and arranged for her to remain there for a period, in order to undergo a course of treatment for an ailment which was proving difficult to treat satisfactorily. Deceased, who was of a charming disposition, was a daughter of Mr and Mrs G. H. Collie, of Masterton. She leaves, besides her husband, three daughters to mourn a sad loss.
In 1939 Henry next married Phoebe Muriel Thompson (1898-1983) in New Zealand
Waikato Times, 4 Aug 1939
Army Commands Military appointments gazetted tonight include Colonel H. B. Maunsell, to command the Second New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade
Henry enlisted for WWI from Tinui, in the Wellington Mounted Rifles in WWI. His next of kin was his father in TInui.
He embarked on 16 Oct 1914 as Second Lieutenant 11/338, with the 9th Wellington Mounted Rifles, Main Body.
Hawkes Bay Tribune, 11 Dec 1915
Second Lieutenant Henry Beresford Maunsell to be Lieutenant.
NZ Times, 21 Oct 1916
Lieutenant Henry Beresford Maunsell is struck off the strength of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force and absorbed into the establishment with the rank of 2nd Lieutenant.
He married Margaret Leslie 'Peggy' Collie (1893-1938) in 1917. Daughter of George Henry Collie (1858-1945) & Ethel Sladen (1864-1959)
Dominion, 6 Jan 1917
MAUNSELL-COLLIE - On the 4th January 1917, at St Matthew's Church, Masterton, by the Rev Hubert Watson, M.A., Vicar of St Peter's, Wellington, assisted by the Rev john Walker, M.A., Vicar of the Parish, Henry Beresford Mausell, Lieut. 9th M.R., second son of J. F. Mausell, of Eridge, Masterton, to Margaret Leslie, second daughter of G. H. Collie, of Glassel, Masterton
Wairarapa Daily Times, 3 March 1922
In Masterton Police Court Retaining Ammunition. At the Masterton Police Court this morning, before Mr S. L. P. Free, S.M., Henry Beresford Maunsell, of Tenui, was charged with having 375 rounds of automatic pistol ammunition unlawfully in his possession. Senior-Sergeant Cummings said that defendant, who is a returned officer, had an automatic pistol, which he applied to be allowed to retain. When defendant was asked if he had possession of any ammunition he admitted he had. It was illegal to have ammunition after April 1st. There seemed to have been some misunderstanding between Maunsell and the sergeant who was formerly in charge at Masterton. Sergeant Cummings said he believed that Maunsell honestly thought he was acting lawfully and was not the type of person who would willfully commit a breach of the law .. more: https://tinyurl.com/4zwhpzws
Evening Post, 11 May 1937
New Zealand Recipients His Excellency the Governor-General has announced that his Majesty the King has been graciously please, on the occasion of the Coronation, to confer the following honours, in recognition of services rendered to the Dominion:- Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Beresford Maunsell, Officer Commanding Wellington East Coast Mounted Rifles, Member of the Order of the British Empire (M.B.E.)
In 1937 he travelled to London with Margaret and was awarded an OBE. Margaret remained for medical treatment. She died there in 1938.
Wairarapa Daily Times, 18 Feb 1838
OBITUARY The many friends of Mr H. B. Maunsell of Rathkeale, Opaki, will learn with profound regret of the death of his wife in England on Wednesday. Not long ago Mr Maunsell took his wife to England and arranged for her to remain there for a period, in order to undergo a course of treatment for an ailment which was proving difficult to treat satisfactorily. Deceased, who was of a charming disposition, was a daughter of Mr and Mrs G. H. Collie, of Masterton. She leaves, besides her husband, three daughters to mourn a sad loss.
In 1939 Henry next married Phoebe Muriel Thompson (1898-1983) in New Zealand
Waikato Times, 4 Aug 1939
Army Commands Military appointments gazetted tonight include Colonel H. B. Maunsell, to command the Second New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade
He embarked on 16 Oct 1914 as Second Lieutenant 11/338, with the 9th Wellington Mounted Rifles, Main Body.
Hawkes Bay Tribune, 11 Dec 1915
Second Lieutenant Henry Beresford Maunsell to be Lieutenant.
NZ Times, 21 Oct 1916
Lieutenant Henry Beresford Maunsell is struck off the strength of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force and absorbed into the establishment with the rank of 2nd Lieutenant.
He married Margaret Leslie 'Peggy' Collie (1893-1938) in 1917. Daughter of George Henry Collie (1858-1945) & Ethel Sladen (1864-1959)
Dominion, 6 Jan 1917
MAUNSELL-COLLIE - On the 4th January 1917, at St Matthew's Church, Masterton, by the Rev Hubert Watson, M.A., Vicar of St Peter's, Wellington, assisted by the Rev john Walker, M.A., Vicar of the Parish, Henry Beresford Mausell, Lieut. 9th M.R., second son of J. F. Mausell, of Eridge, Masterton, to Margaret Leslie, second daughter of G. H. Collie, of Glassel, Masterton
Wairarapa Daily Times, 3 March 1922
In Masterton Police Court Retaining Ammunition. At the Masterton Police Court this morning, before Mr S. L. P. Free, S.M., Henry Beresford Maunsell, of Tenui, was charged with having 375 rounds of automatic pistol ammunition unlawfully in his possession. Senior-Sergeant Cummings said that defendant, who is a returned officer, had an automatic pistol, which he applied to be allowed to retain. When defendant was asked if he had possession of any ammunition he admitted he had. It was illegal to have ammunition after April 1st. There seemed to have been some misunderstanding between Maunsell and the sergeant who was formerly in charge at Masterton. Sergeant Cummings said he believed that Maunsell honestly thought he was acting lawfully and was not the type of person who would willfully commit a breach of the law .. more: https://tinyurl.com/4zwhpzws
Evening Post, 11 May 1937
New Zealand Recipients His Excellency the Governor-General has announced that his Majesty the King has been graciously please, on the occasion of the Coronation, to confer the following honours, in recognition of services rendered to the Dominion:- Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Beresford Maunsell, Officer Commanding Wellington East Coast Mounted Rifles, Member of the Order of the British Empire (M.B.E.)
In 1937 he travelled to London with Margaret and was awarded an OBE. Margaret remained for medical treatment. She died there in 1938.
Wairarapa Daily Times, 18 Feb 1838
OBITUARY The many friends of Mr H. B. Maunsell of Rathkeale, Opaki, will learn with profound regret of the death of his wife in England on Wednesday. Not long ago Mr Maunsell took his wife to England and arranged for her to remain there for a period, in order to undergo a course of treatment for an ailment which was proving difficult to treat satisfactorily. Deceased, who was of a charming disposition, was a daughter of Mr and Mrs G. H. Collie, of Masterton. She leaves, besides her husband, three daughters to mourn a sad loss.
In 1939 Henry next married Phoebe Muriel Thompson (1898-1983) in New Zealand
Waikato Times, 4 Aug 1939
Army Commands Military appointments gazetted tonight include Colonel H. B. Maunsell, to command the Second New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade
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