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Sgt. Edward John Moulding
British Army Royal Horse Artillery
Edward John Moulding (1893-1965) was my maternal grandfather. He was born in Axmouth, Devon and died in Whitleigh, Plymouth. He served in both world wars in the RHA and Royal Artillery. In the 1911 census he was a gunner at Bovisand Fort. He married Beatrice Hilda Martin in Axminster in December 1918 and subsequently had four sons and two daughters.
In WW2 I know for certain he was a gunnery sergeant for part of the war on Drakes Island. His family were evacuated to Seaton in Devon and remained there for the duration of the war. After WW2 they moved between Plymouth and Axminster, returning to Plymouth in the late 1950s. At the beginning of the 1960s Edward (who was not well at the time) and Beatrice (known as Daisy) moved in with their youngest daughter Margaret. Within a year or so Edward passed away. He was buried with his youngest son also called Edward (who had died at the age of 15) in Weston Mill cemetery in Plymouth. He was a lovely principled man, who put his family and country before himself. His last surviving child Margaret now lives in Australia.
