John Leslie Moore

He enlisted 24/4/1915 at Nottingham standing 5' 7" and weighing 137 lbs. He served in Gallipoli with 9th Battalion Sherwood Foresters which landed at Suvla Bay in August 1915 as part of 33rd Brigade 11th (Northern) Division. On 19/9/1915 he was admitted to hospital at Mudros and subsequently invalided to No 1 Southern General Hospital Dudley Road Birmingham. He was evidently transferred to 2nd Battalion upon recuperation. He was killed taking part in a large scale trench raid at a position known as Exeter Castle near Verquin during the 1917 Spring Offensive. 2nd Battlion's war diarist recorded 'At 5am (on May 28th) we carried out a raid consisting of 6 officers and 133 other ranks on the enemy trench and support line trenches. All objectives were reached, the raiders remained in the German trenches the prescribed length of time (27 minutes) and blew in several dug outs with mobile charges. 11 German bodies were left in the trench and 1 German who was wounded and ran into the dug out had a mobile charge thrown into the dug out after him. 2 German prisoners (unwounded) were brought back. The artillery barrage was excellent but several casualties were caused by the enemy retaliation within minutes. Killed 9 o/r, DoW 2 o/r, Wounded 1 officer, 24 o/r.'

Philosophe British Cemetery Grave Reference: I Q 15