Jim MOORE

Main CPGW Record

Surname: MOORE

Forename(s): Jim

Place of Birth: High Abbotside, Yorkshire

Service No: 205652

Rank: Private

Regiment / Corps / Service: East Yorkshire Regiment

Battalion / Unit: 8th (Service) Battalion

Division: 3rd Division

Age: 30

Date of Death: 1919-10-24

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CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: ---

CWGC Cemetery: ---

CWGC Memorial: ---

Non-CWGC Burial: HARDRAW (SS. MARY AND JOHN) CHURCHYARD

Local War Memorial: COTTERDALE, YORKSHIRE

Local War Memorial: HARDRAW, YORKSHIRE

Local War Memorial: HAWES, YORKSHIRE

Local War Memorial: SEDBUSK, YORKSHIRE

Additional Information:

Jim Moore was the son of Simon and Ann Moore, née Tennant and brother of Private William Moore (28278) (q.v.). Their father was born at High Abbotside and mother at Askrigg, Yorkshire. Jim and William were cousins of Private John Richard Moore (26120) (q.v.).

1891 Low Abbotside, Yorkshire Census: Low Cote - Jim Moore, aged 3 years, born High Abbotside, son of Simon and Ann Moore.

1901 Sedbusk, Yorkshire Census: Jim Moore, aged 13 years, born High Abbotside, Yorkshire, son of Simon and Ann Moore.

1911 Sedgwick, Kendal, Westmorland Census: Jim Moore, aged 23 years, born Hardrow, Hawes, Yorkshire. [Jim, a fence waller, was visiting James and Elizabeth Lambert, who were his sister Agnes’s father and mother-in-law.]

The British Army Pension Record for Jim Moore exists but may be incomplete.

British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Jim Moore, 205652, E. York. R. [Jim received the Silver War Badge.]

British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Jim Moore, 205652, 8th E. York. R. Discharged.

Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Jim Moore, 205652, E. Yorks Regt. Disch: 20.6.19. Insane. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Father - Simon. £37 14s. 6d.

UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for Jim.

A short biography of Jim is included in: ‘Wensleydale Remembered – The Sacrifice made by the Families of a Northern Dale 1914-1918 and 1939-1945’ by Keith Taylor (2004).

Data Source: Local War Memorial

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

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