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Surname: MOORE
Forename(s): William
Place of Birth: High Abbotside, Yorkshire
Service No: 28278
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: East Yorkshire Regiment
Battalion / Unit: 'B' Coy 7th (Service) Battalion
Division: 17th (Northern) Division
Age: 24
Date of Death: 1917-04-23
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Bay 4 and 5.
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: ARRAS MEMORIAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: COTTERDALE, YORKSHIRE
Local War Memorial: HARDRAW, YORKSHIRE
Local War Memorial: HAWES, YORKSHIRE
Local War Memorial: SEDBUSK, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
William Moore was the son of Simon and Ann Moore, née Tennant and brother of Private Jim Moore (205652) (q.v.). Their father was born at High Abbotside and mother at Askrigg, Yorkshire. William and Jim were cousins Private John Richard Moore (26120) (q.v.).
1901 Sedbusk, Yorkshire Census: William Moore, aged 8 years, born High Abbotside, Yorkshire son of Simon and Ann Moore.
1911 Litherskew, near Hawes, Yorkshire Census: William Moore, aged 18 years, born Abbotside High, Yorkshire, son of Simon and Ann Moore.
The British Army Service Record for William Moore exists but may be incomplete.
A short biography of William 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: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
MOORE, William, aged 24, Yorkshire Regiment, Litterskew, [Hawes], killed in action.
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Private William MOORE
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: East Yorkshire Regiment
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 17th (Northern) Division
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11 May 1917
MOORE – Killed in action in France, Pte. Wm. Moore, Yorkshire Regiment, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. S. Moore, Litherskew, near Hawes, aged 24 years.
11 May 1917
HAWES – HIGH ABBOTSIDE SOLDIER KILLED IN ACTION
Official news has been received by Mr. and S. Moore, Litherskew, near Hawes, that their youngest son, Private William Moore, Yorkshire Regiment, has been killed in action. Pte. Moore, who was aged 24, went out to France last November, and the first report of his death came from a comrade who had been with him since enlistment. The official notification came on Monday. Pte. Moore is the first of the High Abbotside lads to pay the great price. He was joint tenant with his father of Litherskew Farm, a fine steady young fellow, trustworthy and reliable. He was a tower of strength to his parents, whose welfare was always his first thought. Much sympathy is felt for the parents in their irreparable loss.
06 July 1917
HAWES – MEMORIAL SERVICE
A memorial service was held in the Parish Church, Hardraw, last Sunday evening in honour of the following soldiers from the parish who have fallen in the war:– Second-Lieutenant F. Dinsdale, Private W. Moore, and Private E. Staveley.
The church was crowded by people from all parts of the district. The service opened with the singing of the National Anthem, and the service for evensong was followed up to the first hymn, ‘Now the labourer’s task is o’er’. Then the Vicar, the Rev. C.W. Summerfield, read the special form of memorial service compiled by the Bishop of Richmond. After the singing of the hymn, ‘The Son of God goes forth to war’, the Vicar delivered a most earnest and inspiring sermon. The singing of the hymn ‘Abide with me’ closed the service.
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