Private Harry Moore

Thank you to Patricia Brazier for the following research.

Harry was born in the June quarter of 1878 in Horsham in Sussex. In the 1881 census he is living in Okewood Hill, Abinger with his grandmother, Ellen Moore. She has four sons: Charles 23, William, 12 Henry 10 and Thomas 8. Also another grandchild Kate aged 10.

In 1891, Harry is now living with his Uncle William, at Pullingfold Farm in Abinger. Also in the household is his Aunt Matilda Gates, her two children Ambrose and Marion and his uncle Thomas.

When the 1901 census was taken Harry is working as a Groom.  He is living in Broadstone Cottages in Okewood Hill.

On 18^th November 1906 he married Charlotte Louisa Upfold at St Martins Church in Clerkenwell.  Harry’s occupation is coachman.  They then moved back to a house on the Green in Ockley and in the 1911 census they have one son, Harry William, who was baptised in the Parish church of Ockley on 10^th November 1907.  On the 18^th June 1911 they baptised another son, Rhgeas Vincent.

In August 1916 Harry applied for exemption against conscription, which was denied

He eventually joined the 2^nd Battalion, East Kent Regiment (The Buffs) as a private with the regimental number G/17601. His battalion were fighting in the Balkans when Harry died of cerebral malaria on August 29^th 1917. He is buried in Lahana Military Cemetery, plot III. B. 34. near the Village of Lachanas in Greece. Charlotte requested that “Rest in Peace” be inscribed on his headstone.

Charlotte and their children continued to live in Ockley.  Rhgeas married Eileen M Riordan in 1944. Charlotte did not marry again, she died in March 1968 aged 90.

Born		Horsham, Sussex
Lived		Ockley, Surrey
Grandson of		Ellen Moore of Okewood Hill
Husband of		Charlotte Louisa Upfold
Regiment		2nd Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
Number		G/17601
Date of Death		29th August 1917
Place of Death		Greece
Cause of Death		Died of cerebal malaria
Age		39
Cemetery		Lahana Military Cemetery, Lachanas, Greece