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Captain Moore had three brothers, one of whom was my grandfather and my uncle's father, William Moore, who joined up in 1914 straight from school. The story passed down through the family is that he went to the recruiting office wearing his school blazer and cap, and one of the other men there tojoin up, lent him a trilby and coat to wear instead, and on that basis he joined the army. Despite joining right at the beginning of the war, he remained a private throughout the war, winning the MM towards the end. One of his elder brothers (i forget which one) was his battalion adjutant. I think this was in the Seaforth Highlanders. Two brothers were in the Seaforths, one in the Cameron Highlanders, and the fourth was in the Navy. After WW1 my grandfather became a doctor, joined the RAMC at the start of WW2 and was part of the BEF. When the BEF advanced into Belgium he apparently found himself in a position that had been held by his battalion towards the latter stages of WW1. It was apparently a depressing moment of clarity for him. He got away from Dunkirk, but died later in the war, as a result of a road accident during a blackout. Patrick Moore Reply

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