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Surname: MOORE
Forename(s): William Henry
Place of Birth: Silsden, Yorkshire
Service No: 10618
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment / Corps / Service: East Lancashire Regiment
Battalion / Unit: 2nd Battalion
Division: 8th Division
Age: 22
Date of Death: 1915-05-09
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Panel 5 and 6.
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: EARBY, YORKSHIRE
Local War Memorial: KELBROOK, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
William Henry Moore was the son of Anceletta Elizabeth Moore (born Utley near Keighley, Yorkshire c. 1875), the daughter of Isaac and Sarah Elizabeth Moore, née Hodgson.
1901 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 4, Castle Street - William H. Moore, aged 8 years, born Silsden, Yorkshire. [William was living with his mother, Anceletta E.and stepfather, Arthur Ingham, who were married in 1898.]
1911 Kelbrook, Yorkshire Census: 5, Heather View, Sough Bridge - William Henry Moore, aged 18 years, born Silsden, Yorkshire, son of Anceletta E. and stepson of Arthur Ingham.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: A/Sgt William H. Moore, 10618, 2nd East Lancashire Regiment. Theatre of War first served in: ( - ) [France]. Date of entry therein: 6 November 1914.
See also:
‘Earby in the First World War’ by Stephanie Carter, published by Earby & District Local History Society (2014).
‘Our Finest Crop’ by Steven Marshall, published by Earby & District Local History Society (2020).
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:
MOORE, Sergeant Henry, aged 22, 2nd East Lancs. Regiment, killed at Neuve Chapelle, May 9, 1915. His mother resided at 1, West View, Kelbrook.
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Sergeant William Henry MOORE
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: East Lancashire Regiment
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 8th Division
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18 June 1915
MOORE – Killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, May 9th, Sergeant Wm. H. Moore, son of Mrs. Arthur Ingham, of Kelbrook (formerly of Skipton), aged 22 years.
18 June 1915
KELBROOK SOLDIER'S DEATH – SERGEANT WM. HENRY MOORE
Mrs. Arthur Ingham, residing at 1, West View, Kelbrook, (and formerly of Skipton), has been notified of the death of her son, Sergeant William Henry Moore, of the 2nd East Lancashire Regiment, who was killed at Neuve Chapelle on the 9th ult. He was 22 years of age, and had been in the Army three and a half years. He went out to the Front with the rank of corporal, and was only promoted sergeant about a month before his death.
19 May 1916
MOORE – In affectionate remembrance of Sergt. William Henry Moore (2nd East Lancashire Regiment), son of Mrs. A. Ingham, Kelbrook, killed in action in France, May 9th, 1915.
“We miss him most that loved him best.”
11 May 1917
MOORE – In affectionate remembrance of Sergeant William Henry Moore (2nd East Lancashire Regiment), dearly loved son of Mrs. Arthur Ingham, of Kelbrook, who gave his life for King and Country, May 9th 1915.
10 May 1918
MOORE – In affectionate remembrance of Sergeant William Henry Moore (2nd East Lancashire Regiment), the dearly beloved son of Mrs. Arthur Ingham, 3 West View, Kelbrook, who gave his life for King and Country in France, May 9th, 1915.
Sleep on, dear son, in a far-off land,
In a grave I may never see;
But as long as life and memory last
I will remember thee.
He sleeps beside his comrades,
In an honoured grave unknown;
But his name is written in letters of love
On the hearts he left at home.
09 May 1919
MOORE – In affectionate remembrance of Sergeant William Henry Moore (2nd East Lancashire Regiment), the dearly loved son of Mrs. Arthur Ingham, 3 West View, Kelbrook, who made the supreme sacrifice for King and Country in France, May 9th, 1915.
Though he’s gone, he’s not forgotten,
And as dawns another year,
In my lonely hours of thinking
Thoughts of him are always near.
07 May 1920
MOORE – In loving memory of Sergeant William Henry Moore (2nd East Lancashire Regiment), the dearly beloved son of Mrs. Arthur Ingham, 3 West View, Kelbrook, who made the supreme sacrifice for King and Country in France, May 9th, 1915.
Though he’s gone he’s not forgotten;
And as dawns another year,
In my lonely hours of thinking
Thoughts of him are always near.
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18 June 1915
DEATH OF KELBROOK SERGEANT
News has been received in the village of the death at the front of Sergt. Henry Moore, whose mother, Mrs. Ingham, of 1, West View, Kelbrook, learned that he was killed in the fighting at Neuve Chapelle on May 9th last.
Deceased was only 22 years of age. He joined the 2nd East Lancashires about three years ago, and was sent out to the front some time after hostilities commenced. At the time deceased held rank as a private, but he received quick promotion, and was a sergeant at the time of his death. He was well-known in Kelbrook, although he had been absent from the village for some time.
24 December 1915
CRAVEN’S ROLL OF HONOUR – KELBROOK
Sergt. Henry Moore, 2nd East Lancashire Regiment, killed at Neuve Chapelle, on May 9th, 22 years of age. His mother resided at 1 West View, Kelbrook. Enlisted about four years’ ago.
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