Pte
Hugh Moore
Military Details
Service Number: 24855
Regiment & Unit / Ship
2nd Border Regiment
Enlisted
12th May 1916
Awards and Medals
The Victory Medal
The British War Medal, 1914-18
Enlistment Details
Date of Enlistment
12/5/1916
Place of Enlistment
Cleator Moor
Residence at Enlistment
13 Hilden Cottages , Cleator
Rank at Enlistment
Pte
Battalion at Enlistment
2nd
Service Number at Enlistment
24855
Service History
Joined Battalion in the field 26/10/1916 Was admitted to Hospital 30/12/1916 with Nephritis and Myalgia ,on 11/1/1917 was evacuated to hospital in England on SS Dunbar Castle . Returned to Battalion in 29/7/1017
Personal Details
Date of Birth
1891
Place of Birth
Bangor, Co. Down
Parents
Both Deceased
Education and Occupation
Occupation
Furnaceman
Work Address
Whitehaven Haematite Iron and Steel Co., Cleator Moor
Death and Memorial
Date of Death
4th October 1917
Age at Death
26
Circumstances of Death
Killed in Action
Place of Death
Ypres
Theater of Action
Flanders
Battle
Third Battle of Ypres
Regiment at Death
Border Regiment
Battalion/Vessel at Death
2nd
Rank at Death
Pte
Notes
N O K Mrs Jane Speirs (Aunt) ,13 Hilden Cottages Cleator
Buried or Commemorated at
TYNE COT MEMORIAL
Belgium
Grave Position: Panel 85 to 86.
Private Memorial: St Johns War Memorial/Cleator War Memorial
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