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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
Awards: ---
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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Nursing Member Hilda MOORBY
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Voluntary Aid Detachment
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