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Pte. John Moore
British Army 2nd Btn. Durham Light Infantry
from:Newcastle upon Tyne
(d.21st Sep 1914)
John Moor enlisted in Newcastle and served with the 2nd Battalion Durham Light Infantry. He was killed in action age 29 on the 21st September 1914 and is remembered at Jarrow Library and La Ferte-sous-Jouarre Memorial. His medal card records the award of the 1914 Star, War and Victory Medals.
John was born in Jarrow 1885, son of Thomas and Mary Moore nee McClure of 17 Elliot Terrace Newcastle. n the 1911 census John is listed with the regiments return in Barracks while the rest of the family is living at Elliott Street, Thomas(53) a Tailor, with his wife of 29 years Mary(48) who had 9 children, eight of whom survived. Five are still living at home.