Rifleman
John George Mossop
Military Details
Service Number: 6847168
Regiment & Unit / Ship
London Regt. (Queen Victoria's Rifles)
Service Branch
Army
Awards and Medals
1939 - 45 Star
War Medal 1939 45
Enlistment Details
Date of Enlistment
20/10/1939
Place of Enlistment
London
Residence at Enlistment
56 Grafton Way , Bloomsbury . London W 1
Rank at Enlistment
Rifleman
Service Number at Enlistment
6847168
Service History
John Mossop served with the QVR a Territorial Army motor-cycle battalion, nominally the divisional cavalry for the 56th (London) Division. They had briefly been attached to the 30th Motor Brigade in April but then were returned to the 56th (London) Division for home defence, being deprived of their twenty-two scout cars. They were stationed near Ashford in Kent and late on 21 May, the QVR was ordered to proceed by train to Dover to embark for Calais
It was here that John was taken prisoner by the Germans on 26th MAy 1940 and was imprisoned in Stalag XX!
At the end of October 1943 Rifleman John George Mossop (known as Jackie) of 33 Bowthorn Road, Cleator Moor, Cumberland was repatriated from a German Prisoner of War Camp. After a long spell in a military hospital in N.W. England he was eventually declared incurable and sent home After three weeks at home, Jackie Mossop passed away on Thursday 7 September 1944.
Transfer Details
Regiment Transferred To
London Regt. (Queen Victoria's Rifles)
Personal Details
Date of Birth
17th October 1918
Place of Birth
Dearham
Religion
C of E
Parents
Railton and Hannah
Siblings
Mary , Reginald
Education and Occupation
Occupation
Hotel Worker
Work Address
56 Grafton Way , Bloomsbury , London
Death and Memorial
Date of Death
7th September 1944
Age at Death
26
Circumstances of Death
Place of Death
Whitehaven
Theater of Action
UK
Regiment at Death
London Regt. (Queen Victoria's Rifles)
Rank at Death
Pte.
Buried or Commemorated at
St John Churchyard
U.K.
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