James Moore
- Family History
- Military history
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James Moore was born in 1897 he was the husband of Edith Lilian Cope whom he married in 1918 at Nottingham, they lived at 28 Redoubt Street Old Radford Nottingham, they had a child Edith Elizabeth Moore born 5th August 1918,
Commencing 4th August 1919 his widow was awarded a pension of 21 shillings and 8 pence a week.
Corporal James Moore enlisted and served with the 3/7th Robin Hood battalion Sherwood Foresters Regiment and was later transferred to the Reserve Motor Transport Company , Army Service Corps . He died of pneumonia in France on 26th January 1919 and is buried at Huy (La Sarte) Communal Cemetery
Obituaries published in the Nottingham Evening Post on 26th January 1920 :-
“MOORE. - In loving memory of Corpl. J. Moore, the beloved husband of Edith Moore, died in France January 26th, 1919. To-day recalls sad memories. - Loving wife and baby.
“MOORE. - In loving memory of our dear brother, Corpl. Jim Moore, who died January 26th, 1919, of pneumonia in France, after four years' service, aged 21. - Sadly missed by sister and brother, Fanny, Bill, Tom, Hilda, Aunt Selina, Sheffield.”
Above obituaries courtesy of Jim Grundy and his facebook pages Small Town Great War Hucknall 1914-1918
Photo of James Moore
Huy La Sarte Cemetery, Belgium