Private Percival Moore
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of birth: 1897-06-21
Place of birth: Miles Platten Manchester England
Next of kin: William Moore (father,) Carleton Place, Ontario
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Factory Hand
Religion: Church of England
Date of death:
1917-04-09
Cause of death:
Missing, presumed killed
Buried:
Canadian Cemetery No. 2, 10.C.28.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 787646
Highest Rank:
Private
(38th Battalion)
Rank detail
- Private, 38th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
- Private (Army). 1916-01-04 ?
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Attack South East of Souchez. Previously reported Missing, now for official purposes presumed to have died.
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
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CWGC ID: 2954863
LAC ID:
182127
Service file: B6334-S030
Uploader's Notes:
Son of William and Elizabeth Moore, of Carleton Place, Ontario. Private Moore lied about his age on enlistment. He was actually 16 years of age at the time of his death. The Town of Carleton Place remembered Private Moore by naming a street in his honour.
Previous servce: 42nd regiment militia
Uploader's Research notes: Details of death from Ancestry.com which includes a digitized image of the casualty form from the "Canada, War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty), 1914-1948” database [Private Army Canadian Infantry 130th Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 38th Battalion "A" Company ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2014-08-14
Last modified: 2014-08-14