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Surname: MOON
Forename(s): Joseph
Place of Birth: Tosside, Yorkshire
Service No: 40924
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Worcestershire Regiment
Battalion / Unit: 14th (Service) Battalion. (Severn Valley Pioneers)
Division: 63rd (Royal Naval) Division
Age: 22
Date of Death: 1917-06-22
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: XXII. L. 25A.
CWGC Cemetery: ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: BOLTON-BY-BOWLAND, YORKSHIRE
Local War Memorial: GRINDLETON, YORKSHIRE
Local War Memorial: SAWLEY, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Joseph Moon was the son of William and Eliza Moon, née Hargreaves. William was born at Bolton-by-Bowland and Eliza at Grindleton, Yorkshire.
1901 Tosside, Yorkshire Census: Far Knotts - Joseph Moon, aged 6 years, born Tosside, son of William and Eliza Moon.
1911 Tosside, Yorkshire Census: Far Knotts - Joseph Moon, aged 16 years, born Tosside, son of William and Eliza Moon.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Joseph Moon, 40924, Worc. R.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Joseph Moon, 40924, 3rd Worcs. Rgt.; 14th Worcs. Rgt.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Joseph Moon, 40924, 14th Bn Worcester. Date and Place of Death: 22.6.17 France. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Father - William. £12 6s. 1d.
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
MOON, Joseph, aged 22, Worcester Pioneer Battalion, son of Mr. and Mrs. Moon, Holden Green Farm, [Bolton-by-Bowland], died from wounds, 1917.
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Private Joseph MOON
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Worcestershire Regiment
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 63rd (Royal Naval) Division
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15 June 1917
BOLTON-BY-BOWLAND – Wounded
Word has been received that Pte. Alfred Carey and Pte. Joseph Moon are wounded and in hospital. Corporal W. Oddie and Pte. Geo. Harrison are reported as improving.
29 June 1917
MOON – Died from injuries received in France, Pte. Joseph Moon, Worcester Pioneer Battalion, son of Mr. and Mrs. Moon, Holden Green Farm, Bolton-by-Bowland, aged 22 years.
29 June 1917
A BOLTON-BY-BOWLAND HERO
On Saturday morning last notification was received from hospital that Pte. Joseph Moon, son of Mr. and Mrs. Moon, of Holden Green Farm, had died from injuries received in France, having been seriously wounded in the legs and forearm as the result of treading on a live shell. It had been reported that he was progressing favourably, and so the news that he had succumbed to his injuries came as a shock to his parents and friends.
Pte. Moon joined the Worcesters, Pioneer Battalion, in January 1916, was in Dublin at the time of the riots, and went to France in December last. He was 22 years of age. Much sympathy is felt for the parents, whose only other son is also serving in France.
06 July 1917
BOLTON-BY-BOWLAND – MEMORIAL SERVICE
On Sunday afternoon a memorial service was held at the Holden Independent Chapel in memory of the late Private Joseph Moon of Holden Green Farm, whose death occurred in France, and an account of which appeared in our columns last week. There was a large congregation, to whom Mr. Knight related the great sacrifice which all at this time were called upon to bear, and specially and feelingly referred to the one which the parents of Private Joseph Moon had at the present to undergo.
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