 Although practically surrounded, Maddock continued firing until all men had crossed a bridge, and was the last man to retire to safety.Although Maddock survived the war, he never recovered from an injury he sustained at the Somme in 1916, and died from that injury in 1921, at the age of 40.The last game of 1921 saw the London Welsh players wearing black armbands in remembrance of Maddock.