Early Life and Military Career
Maurice was born in Dublin, the son of John Frederick Maurice, a British Army officer and military historian. He attended St. Paul's School and Sandhurst before joining the Derbyshire Regiment in 1892. His first overseas posting was to India in 1897-98 during the Tirah Campaign. During this time, he served as aide-de-camp to his father, Major-General John Frederick Maurice.
After a promotion to captain in 1899, he fought with the Sherwood Foresters (Derbyshire Regiment) in the Second Boer War 1899-1901, and was promoted Brevet Major in November 1900. On returning from South Africa, he entered the Staff College in 1902. Later that year, he was posted to the War Office and, before 1911, promoted to major. Two years later, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1913 and transferred to the Staff College as an instructor in military history at Camberley under Robertson, then Commandant.
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