Captain Cyril Knox Barrow Mogg

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name: Mogg, Cyril Knox Barrow

Date of birth: 1887-05-08

Place of birth: Clifton Gloucestershire England

Next of kin: Reverend H B Mogg, father. Bishop’s Cannings Vicarage, Devizes, Wiltshire, England

Marital status: single

Occupation (attested): Banker

Religion: Church of England

Date of death: 1917-11-11

Cause of death: Killed in action

Buried: Menin Gate (Ypres) Memorial, Panel 18 - 28 - 30

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: NA

Highest Rank: Captain (7th Battalion)

Rank detail

Captain, 7th Battalion, Infantry (Army).

Degree of service: Europe

Survived war: no

Battle wounded/killed: Passchendaele

RESEARCH INFORMATION

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CWGC ID: 1594694

LAC ID: 183174

Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2

Service file: B6277-S042

Uploader's Notes:

Son of the Reverend Canon Mogg and Mrs. Mogg of Bishop's Cannings Vicarage, Devizes, England.

From "Letters from the Front" :

Lieutenant. Born 8th May, 1887. Father, Rev. G. H. B. Mogg. Entered the service of the Bank, 7th August, 1906. Enlisted, December, 1914, from Seattle branch, in 48th Canadian Battalion, with the rank of Lieutenant. Transferred to 7th Canadian Battalion, and subsequently to 1st Canadian Trench Mortar Battery.
Killed in Action, 11th November, 1917.
"An exceptionally capable and gallant officer. He is a great loss to us." His Commanding Officer.
"He was very much liked, respected, and looked up to as a soldier by the officers and men of his company, and we all regret the loss of a true friend and a good soldier."—A Brother Officer.

Uploader's Research notes: [Captain Army Canadian Infantry 7th Battalion ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2004-09-04

Last modified: 2022-03-02