Pvt
William Hodgson Mossop
Military Details
Service Number: 6882
Regiment & Unit / Ship
2nd Regiment(South African Infantry)
Enlisted
15 October 1915
Awards and Medals
The Victory Medal
The British War Medal, 1914-18
Enlistment Details
Date of Enlistment
15 October 1915
Place of Enlistment
South Africa
Rank at Enlistment
Pvt
Battalion at Enlistment
2nd
Service Number at Enlistment
6882
Service History
Killed in action, in the improvised and disastrous attack of the 9th (Scottish) Division on the German positions in the East of Fampoux. The 2nd SAI, who went in 400 strong, lost 16 officers and 285 men.
Personal Details
Date of Birth
1879
Place of Birth
Caldebridge
Religion
C of E
Address
Masons Farm Cottage, Graftly Green ,Sandway , Kent
Residence (Roll of Honour)
Masons Farm Cottage, Graftly Green ,Sandway , Kent
Parents
Clement and Hannah Mossop
Siblings
Sarah , Clement , John , Thomas
Married
Margaret Mossop nee McAlpin
Family Connection
Brother of Clement Mossop
Education and Occupation
Occupation
Carpenter /Builder
Death and Memorial
Date of Death
12th April 1917
Age at Death
38
Circumstances of Death
Killed in Action
Place of Death
Fampoux
Theater of Action
France
Battle
Battle of Arras
Regiment at Death
Regiment(South African Infantry)
Battalion/Vessel at Death
2nd
Rank at Death
Pvt
Notes
Mossop family living at Ennerdale Road Cleator moor in 1911 census
Buried or Commemorated at
Brown's Copse Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.
Grave Position: Plot III, Row D, Grave 20.
Private Memorial: St Johns War Memorial , Cartmel War memorial
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