Cleator Moor World War Records

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Hugh Moore

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 Victory Medal

The British War Medal, 1914-18

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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