| Surname(s) | Cadman |
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| First name(s) | Maurice Danks |
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| Date of birth | 1898 |
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| Place of birth | Madeley District, Shropshire |
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| Family details | Son of Thomas and Betsy Adelaide Cadman, of "Coniston", Alexandra Rd, Wellington, Salop |
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| Previous education | Grammar School, Wellington |
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| College | St Thomas' Hospital |
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| Dates at college | 1916-1917 |
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| Military unit | Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, H.M.S. Rival |
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| War / conflict | World War One (1914-1918) |
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| Campaigns | H.M.S. Rival, North Sea Oct. 1917 to June 1918 |
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| Date of death | 4 June 1918 |
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| Age at death | 20 |
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| Rank at death | Surgeon Probationer |
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| Commemoration(s) | Portsmouth Naval Memorial |
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| Notes | Maurice Danks Cadman, Surgeon-Probationer, R.N.V.R., St. Thomas's Hospital, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cadman of Wellington, Salop. Killed on HM destroyer Rival which collided with the liner it was escorting in the Channel, the collision being followed by an explosion of depth charges, on 4th June 1918. O.T.C |
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| Sources | St Thomas's Hospital Medical School Records, King's College London Archives; Commonwealth War Graves Commission; University of London O.T.C. 1914-19 |
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