Hilda MOORBY

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Surname: MOORBY

Forename(s): Hilda

Place of Birth: Skipton, Yorkshire

Service No: ---

Rank: Nursing Member

Regiment / Corps / Service: Voluntary Aid Detachment

Battalion / Unit: West Riding of Yorkshire Reserve

Division: ---

Age: 23

Date of Death: 1918-10-08

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CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: C. 1454.

CWGC Cemetery: SKIPTON (WALTONWRAYS) CEMETERY

CWGC Memorial: ---

Non-CWGC Burial: ---

Local War Memorial(s): Not Listed (View Names Not Listed on a Local War Memorial)

Additional Information:

Hilda Moorby was the daughter of Welbury and Edith Elizabeth Moorby, née Duckworth and sister of Rifleman John William Moorby (R/32193) (q.v.). Both of their parents were born at Skipton, Yorkshire.

1901 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 27, George Street - Hilda Moorby, aged 5 years, born Skipton, daughter of Welbury and Edith E. Moorby.

1911 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 27, George Street - Hilda Moorby, aged 15 years, born Skipton, daughter of Welbury and Edith Elizabeth Moorby.

A wreath laid at the temporary shrine at the top of Skipton High Street read: In loving memory of Nurse Moorby - Mrs. Sutcliffe and her daughter Annie. ('Craven Herald' 8 August 1919).

Hilda served at the 2nd Western Military Hospital, Stockport, from 1 August 1918 to 8 October 1918.

The Five Sisters' Window in York Minster is dedicated as a war memorial to the women of the British Empire who lost their lives, 1914-1918. Hilda is commemorated by name and service in St Nicholas' Chapel in the North Transept of the Minster.

Hilda was accepted as a war casualty by the CWGC in 2018.

Photograph of Voluntary Aid Detachment badge courtesy of Sally Bosley.

Data Source: Craven Herald Article

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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---

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