BORN HULL 1889. SON OF JOSEPH MOXON & ANN ELIZABETH (HOMER) – 20 CHURCH STREET, DRYPOOL. WIFE GERTIE (NODEN) AT THIS ADDRESS. BEFORE THE WAR HE WORKED AS A MOULDER FOR MESSRS BOYD’S, HOLDERNESS ROAD. HE WAS A KEEN FOOTBALLER, CRICKETER AND SCOUT MASTER. HIS FATHER WAS WELL KNOWN WITH THE KEEL INDUSTRY AND THE FAMILY WERE ACTIVE MEMBERS OF ST PETERS CHURCH.
REJECTED AT THE START OF THE WAR DUE HIS SMALL STATURE, THOMAS MOXON WAS THE FIRST TO JOIN THE BANTAMS. HE SERVED IN EGYPT, FRANCE AND WAS WOUNDED ON THE SOMME. AFTER HIS RECOVERY HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE YORK & LANCS. REGIMENT. HE WAS THEN AGAIN SEVERELEY WOUNDED IN THE THIGH AND LEG AND DIED OF WOUNDS ON 10TH APRIL 1917, AGED 28. HE HAD BEEN AT THE FRONT FOR FOURTEEN MONTHS.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON THE 21ST APRIL 1917, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. *
