Harold Thompson Moult
According to the 1939 Register he was listed as a Student but already serving with 114 (Hong Kong) Squadron, Royal Air Force.
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Born : 22nd January 1920 : Hucknall Torkard, Nottinghamshire :
Registered in the first quarter of 1920 in the Basford Registration District of Nottingham.
Baptised : St. Peter & St. Paul's Church, Warsop, Nottinghamshire on the 24th November 1920.
Son of : Robert Francis Moult and Ethel Moult nee Thompson.
Robert Francis Moult was born in Stapleford, Nottingham in 1896.
Ethel Moult nee Thompson was born in Hucknall, Nottinghamshire in 1892.
According to the 1921 Census, Robert Francis Moult, aged, 25 years and 6 months was a Police Constable with the Nottinghamshire Constabulary at : Warsop, Nottinghamshire, his Mother, Ethel Moult, aged, 29 years and 1 month, Harold Thompson Moult, aged 1 year and 5 months, the Family were living at : 73. Clumber Street, Warsop, Nottinghamshire.
Ethel Moult died in 1929.
Presumably Robert Francis Moult remarried as he had a Daughter, Jessie Moult who was born in 1933.
According to the 1939 Register, Harold Thompson Moult was living at : 16. Eltham Road, West Bridgford, Nottingham, he was listed as single, a Student, but already serving with 114 (Hong Kong) Squadron, Royal Air Force.
Robert Francis Moult died in 1965.
His half Sister, Jessie Moult died in 2003.
Enlisted : Unknown, but the 1939 Register lists him a s a Student but already serving with 114 (Hong Kong) Squadron, Royal Air Force.
The Squadron was based at : Conde/Vreux, France.
114 (Hong Kong) Squadron, RAF were a part of 1 Group, Bomber Command (AASF).
AASF (Advanced Air Striking Force) were formed on the 24th August 1939 following a pre War Anglo French agreement that the short range light bombers of the RAF would move to airfields in France to operate against targets in Nazi Germany.
The 10 Squadrons of Fairey Battle light bombers under the command of Air Vice Marshal, Patrick Playfair were dispatched to the Rheims area of France on the 2nd September 1939.
After Harold Thompson Moult's death the AASF took part in the Battle of France.
Harold Thompson Moult died in Wakefield Hospital on the 27th February 1920, aged, 20 years old.
Buried : Hucknall Cemetery, Broomhill Road, Hucknall, Nottinghamshire.
Grave Reference : Section West : Class : A. : Grave : 1533.
Photo of Harold Thompson Moult
Photograph of Leading Aircraftsman, Harold Thompson Moult's headstone in Hucknall Cemetery by Gary Crosby on the on the 17th May 2025.
Photo of Harold Thompson Moult
Photograph of the Chapel & Graveyard in Hucknall Cemetery, Nottinghamshire where Leading Aircraftman, Harold Thompson Moult is buried by Gary Crosby on the 13th April 2025.