The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment
Lance Corporal W H Moore
Lance Corporal William Harold MOORE, G/838, 6th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 7th March 1916.
Born Gravesend, Kent, son of Solomon & *Miriam Jane Moore, 45 Harmer Street, Gravesend, Kent.
*died age 43, 1916 June, Gravesend Registration District.
1911 Census - Barbeton House, Downs Road, Northfleet, Kent - Solomon Moore, head, age 41, married, draper, employer, born Bromley, Kent; Miriam Jane Moore, wife, age 39, married 20 years, 11 children, 10 still alive, born Hounslow, Middlesex; Douglas Allan Moore, son, age 18, single, drapers assistant, draper, worker, born Gravesend, Kent; William Harold Moore, son, age 17, single, collector, worker, born Gravesend, Kent; Dorothy Minnie Moore, daughter, age 15 single, born Chatham, Kent; Claude Albert Moore, son, age 13, school, born Gravesend, Kent; Harold Albert Moore, son, age 10, school, born Gravesend, Kent; Mabel Moore, daughter, age 9, school, born Gravesend, Kent; Claire Moore, daughter, age 7, school, born Gravesend, Kent; Stanley Moore, son, age 5, born Gravesend, Kent; Cyril Moore, son, age 4, born Gravesend, Kent; Ena Minnie Moore, daughter, age 2, born Northfleet, Kent; Ethel May Brooman, servant, age 24, general servant domestic, born Tunbridge Wells, Kent.
Enlisted Gravesend, Kent, age 20 years & 173 days, height 5ft 8 inches, weight 149lbs, fresh complexion, blue eyes, brown hair, mole on stomach. Formerly seaman.
Home 31st August 1914 to 31st May 1915; BEF 1st June 1915 to 7th March 1916.
31st August 1914, enlisted; 2nd September 1914, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 4th September 1916, posted 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 27th October 1914, appointed unpaid Lance Corporal; 5th December 1914, appointed paid Lance Corporal; 1st June 1915, posted BEF & embarked; 9th October 1915, appointed Acting Corporal; 11th November 1915, 37 Field Ambulance, influenza; rejoined Battalion; qualified as machine gunner; 15th November 1915, appointed Acting Sergeant.
18th July 1919, Statement of Relatives - Widow, none; Children, none; Father, Solomon Moore, 45 Harmer Street, Gravesend; Mother, deceased; Brothers - Douglas Moore, age 27, 45 Harmer Street, Gravesend; Claude Moore, age 20, 45 Harmer Street, Gravesend; ??????, 45 Harmer Street, Gravesend; Cyril, 45 Harmer Street, Gravesend; Ronnie, 45 Harmer Street, Gravesend; Ray, 45 Harmer Street, Gravesend; Sisters - Dorothy; Mabel; Ella; Ena.
Commemorated at Loos Memorial, Panel 95 to 97, France.
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