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1896 Oct 31. Born Alby with Thwaite, Norfolk
1901 census at Alby with Thwaite, Norfolk
1911 census at school. The Vicarage, The Grammar School, Norwich Road, Thetford
1916 Nov 25. Marriage in to Phyllis Vernon Cogswell in Reading, Berks
1917 May 30. Norfolk Reg. Territorial Force. The undermentioned, from Officer Cadet Units, to be 2nd Lts.: Cecil Maurice Kaufmann
1919 Oct 10. 6th Bn., Norfolk Regt.—Lt. C. M. Kaufmann relinquishes his commission on account of ill-health, and retains the rank of Lt
1920 Aug 24. joined ADRIC with service no 380. Posted to D Coy
1920 Oct 1 . Promoted Intelligence officer, DI3. A 2020 nespaper article says that at the heart of this network of informers was D Company’s Intelligence Officer Lt Cecil Maurice Kaufmann, formally of the Norfolk Regiment.
1920 Dec 18 An article in Galway Advertiser in Dec 2020 says
Suspects had been rounded up in Galway After the interrogation of these men, Lt Kaufmann drew the conclusion that Inis Mór would be a place of interest. Information suggested that several well known IRA men, who were on the run, were living there, and reports of volunteers openly drilling outraged D Company. By December 1920 many Galway IRA men had gone on the run - some joined flying columns while others had to leave the country. Inis Mór offered an alternative. The RIC Barracks on the island had been abandoned in July 1920 and ships left the west coast regularly, heading to the islands with supplies and offering easy passage. An elaborate plan was drawn up to land a raiding party, consisting of Black and Tans, RIC, Army, and members of D Company on two sites on Inis Mór with the objective of rounding up the ‘on the runs’ and “to restore order”
22.00hrs on Dec 18, a Royal Navy ship sailed from Galway Docks carrying around 300 men, first landing at Cill Mhuirbhigh Bay where 50 men disembarked, before proceeding to Cill Rónáin where the remainder landed. They made their way to various locations based on good intelligence, supplemented by local knowledge of the area from RIC members of the party who had been stationed there.
1921 Jul 2. Reverts to T/Cadet
1921 Jul 5. "On Command" (seems to be a probation period before getting Permanent RIC position)
1921 Sep 9 to 19 Sep On Leave
1921 Sep 20. Moved to be a Permanent Cadet in RIC. Posted to Woodford, Galway as DI3
1922 Aug 24 Pensioned from RIC
1929. Court for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes, later Supreme Court of Judicature: Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Files. Divorce Court File: 2893. Appellant: Phyllis Vernon Kaufman. Respondent: Cecil Maurice Kaufmann. Type: Wife's petition for divorce
1939 Register. Living at St Marbs Crest , St Pancras, London, England . He is Assistant Editor at Melluish Journal
1948 Jan/Mar Marriage to Dilys M Owen in Hampstead.
1978 Died in Swansea aged 82.