Gunner William Henry Moore - Royal Garrison Artillery

NAME; Moore, William Henry

RANK; Gunner

SERV. NO; 57994

UNIT/SERVICE; 200^th Siege Battery

REGIMENT; Royal Garrison Artillery

BORN; Carrickfergus 1888

LIVED; Carrickfergus

ENLISTED; Carrickfergus

FATE; Died of Wounds, France, October 3^rd 1917 aged 19

CEMETERY; St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen (France) - P. III. K. 8B

CHURCH; Church of Ireland, St Nicholas

MEMORIAL;

REMARKS; Youngest Son of Charles and Jane Moore Ellis Street Carrickfergus and brother to Rose Ann, Charles, Mary Elizabeth,  Andrew,  John and Teresa – Following his enlistment to the Royal Garrison Artillery he had served for a period of time in Carrickfergus and then in County Cork.  He had only been on active service for 4 weeks before suffering a serious which killed him.  At the same time news of his death reached his parents in 1917 they were also confronted with the tragic news that their other son had been seriously injured in Salonica.  

St. Sever Cemetery Extension