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L/Cpl

Vivian Spencer Mosley

Service Number 15941
Military Unit 1st Bn Grenadier Guards
Date of birth Unknown
Date of Death 14 Oct 1915 (21 Years Old)
Place of Birth New Basford Nottingham
Employment, Education or Hobbies In 1911 he was employed as a lace warehouseman.
Family History

Vivian Spencer Mosley was born in 1894 at Nottingham, he was the son of Samuel a lace curtain draughtsman and Rose Sarah Mosley née Wigley and the brother of Claude Owen, Wilfred Leslie and Rose Edna Mosley In 1911, they lived at 234, Haydn Road, and later at 55, Osborne Grove, Sherwood (both Nottingham). Vivian Spencer Mosley was killed 14/10/1915 serving with 1st Bn Grenadier Guards. Samuel was born in 1862 at Basford, Rose Sarah Wigley was born in 1866 at Grantham, they were married on 17th November 1885 at St John’s Church, Carrington, they went on to have 6 children, sadly 1 died in infancy or early childhood. In the 1911 census the family are living at 234 Haydn Road, Sherwood, Sameul 49 yrs is a lace curtain draughtsman, he is living with his wife Sarah 44 yrs and their children, Wilfred 20 yrs a designer, Claude Owen, 18 yrs a shop assistant, Vivian Spencer 17 yrs a lace warehouse man and Rose Edna 9 yrs.

Military History

Lance Corporal Vivian Spencer Mosley enlisted at Nottingham, he served with the 1st battalion Grenadier Guards he was killed in action on 14th October 1915, having no known grave his name is commemorated on the Loos Memorial.

Extra Information

his brother Lance Corporal Wilfred Leslie Mosley enlisted at Watford whilst residing at Bushy, Hertfordshire, initially serving with the service number 52144 in the Sherwood Foresters Regiment later transferring to the 1st battalion Lincolnshire Regiment. He was killed in action on 5th April 1918, having no known grave his name is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.

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