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John Rushton Moore

 John Rushton Moore

Person details

Forename(s) John Rushton
Surname Moore
Rank Major
Regiment Machine Gun Corps (attached)
Age 24
Death Killed in action
Place of Death Lagniacourt, France
Date of Death 21/03/1918
Year of Entry 1907
House Letter F
School Notes
Comments No photograph. 3/Cheshire att. 71st Coy MGC. Obituary in Radleian of 29/6/1918
Commonwealth War Graves Commission Link https://www.cwgc.org/find-record...
Unit 71st Company
Prefect
Military Decorations [MC] Military Cross; Mentioned in despatches twice,
Album Number 5
Battle First Battle of the Somme (1918)
Previous Regiment The Cheshire Regiment
Additional Notes
Burial or Cemetery ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel ref Bay 5 and 6
Place of Birth Sissinghurst, Kent
Post School
Shields in Hall