Education
Born in the village of Banwell, Somerset, Maillard was educated at Kingswood School in Bath, Dunheved College in Launceston and Guy"s Hospital, London.
Born in the village of Banwell, Somerset, Maillard was educated at Kingswood School in Bath, Dunheved College in Launceston and Guy"s Hospital, London.
He joined the Royal Navy in 1889 first serving in HMS Blake. Maillard was 35 years old, and a surgeon in the Royal Navy during the 1898 Occupation of Crete when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the Venture capital. On 6 September 1898 at Candia, Crete, Greece, two parties of men from HMS Hazard went to the assistance of the Customs House Garrison which was being besieged. Later, when medical help was called for, Surgeon Maillard, who had disembarked and reached a place of safety, went back through a deluge of bullets in an attempt to rescue one of the seamen who was wounded and had fallen back into the boat.
He was, however, almost dead and it was impossible for the surgeon to lift him, as the boat was drifting.
He returned to his post unhurt, but his clothes were riddled with bullets. The medal is displayed in the Lord Ashcroft Gallery in the Imperial War Museum in London.
