Moody, Frank Cecil

Pte, Frank Moody, MGC

BORN HULL 24/08/1898. YOUNGEST SON OF JOSEPH MOODY (1858-1937) & ELLEN LANE (1858-1924), OF 14, VENTOR STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 7 INCHES TALL, 34-36 INCH CHEST, 130 LBS WEIGHT,

ENLISTED AT HULL, ON 05/06/1916. JOINED THE EYR. TRANSFERRED TO THE MOUNTED MACHINE GUN SECTION. FRANK WAS WOUNDED (INTESTINES), AT THE SOMME. HE DIED UNDER OPERATION IN HOSPITAL AT GRANTHAM. HE WAS 18 YEARS OLD. BURIED AT HULL NORTHERN CEMETERY.

HIS NAME IS LISTED ON HOLY TRINITY, METHODIST CHURCH, ROLL OF HONOUR, COTTINGHAM ROAD, HULL.

HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON THE 13TH DECEMBER 1916, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. *

HIS TWO BROTHERS SERVED IN THE ROYAL FUSILIERS AND RFA.


First name:
FRANK CECIL
Military Number:
68363
Rank:
Private
Date Died
10/12/1916
Place died:
Hull Northern Cemetery, Chanterlands Avenue, East Yorkshire, UK
Age:
18
14, VENTOR STREET, NEWLAND AVENUE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK