BORN ANLABY COMMON 1897. SON OF ARTHUR MOORE (1873-1915) & ANNIE MOORE (1877-1927), OF 14, DITMAS AVENUE, ANLABY, (1901 CENSUS) AND 7, BUCKINGHAM TERRACE, ADELAIDE STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). SON OF A FARM LABOURER. HE HAD THREE SISTERS, AND FIVE BROTHERS. A SINGLE MAN. HE WORKED AS A MILLENER’S ERRAND BOY.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON, 03/09/1915. HE SERVED IN THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION ON 23/04/1917, AGED 20. COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL.
HIS WAR PENSION WENT TO HIS MOTHER, MRS ANNIE LEGARD (BORN 1877), WHO REMARRIED AND MOVED TO 3, ST ANDREWS STREET, FLEMING GATE, BEVERLEY.
First name:
WILLIAM
Regiment:
Military Number:
11122
Rank:
Private
Date Died
23/04/1917
Place died:
Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
20
