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KIA

Frederick James Moulder

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© South London Press
© South London Press

F. J. Moulder
Service no. 512364
Private, London Regiment (London Scottish), “C” Coy. 1st/14th Battalion
Killed in action at age 21 on 23 August 1918
Son of Frederick and Elizabeth Moulder, of 35 Cottage Grove, Stockwell, London.
Remembered at Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux, France

South London Press, 4 October 1918
CLAPHAM LONDON SCOT KILLED.
Brave Runner Falls While Dispatch Carrying
Pte. F. T. Moulder, London Scottish, killed in action while carrying dispatches under heavy shellfire, was a native of Clapham, formerly residing at 35, Cottage-grove, Bedford-rd. He joined the London Scottish in the early days of the war and did excellent work as a company and battalion runner since the days of the terrible Somme push of 1916.

A comrade, Pte, E. A. McKearon, himself wounded and an inmate of the 1st London General Hospital, Camberwell, says of him: “He was well known throughout the battalion and had earned the esteem and respect of all who knew him.”

Henry Louis Moss

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H. L. Moss
Service no. 11338
Private, Duke of Edinburgh’s (Wiltshire Regiment), 5th Battalion
Born at Walworth; enlisted at St. Paul’s Churchyard, London; lived at Clapham
Killed in action at Gallipoli on 10 August 1915 at about age 23
Remembered at Helles Memorial, Turkey and on the war shrine at St Michael’s Church, Stockwell Park Road, London SW9 0DA. (Note: The listing gives the name as Henry Moss, which could be either Henry Louis Moss or his father, Henry Thomas Moss. As Henry Louis Moss died before his father, our guess is that the listing refers to Henry Louis.)

Son of Henry Thomas Moss (their names are, uniquely, listed side by side).

Sidney Morgan

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S. Morgan
Service no. S/15651
Rifleman, Rifle Brigade, 2nd Battalion
Born in Highgate; enlisted in Newbury, Berkshire; lived in Stockwell
Killed in action on 11 November 1916
Remembered at Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, Somme, France

Jarlath Vincent Mooney

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J. V. Mooney
Service no. H/14352
Private, 8th (King’s Royal Irish) Hussars
Born in Southend, Essex; enlisted in London; lived in London
Killed in action on 27 March 1917 at age 23
CWGC: “Only son of Jarlath Augustine Mooney, of 32 King’s Avenue, Clapham Park, London, a clerk.”
Remembered at Villers-Faucon Communal Cemetery Extension, France

Information from the 1911 census

The 1911 census shows Jarlath Vincent Mooney as living at 105 Franciscan Road, Tooting, where his family had 3 rooms. Jarlath’s mother Christiana Mooney, 39, was born in Shoreditch, east London. His sister, Kathleen Frances Mooney, 19, was a shorthand clerk typist for a manufacturer of gears, and was born in Dover, Kent. Jarlath was born in Southend. He was employed as a clerk in “mercantile offices”.

The family, including Jarlath’s father, Jarlath A. Mooney, are on the 1901 census at 2, Princess Buildings, Plymouth . His father was a 35-year-old travelling debt collector and a native of Ireland.

Frank Sidney Minter

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F. S. Minter
Service no. 60899
Private, Royal Fusiliers, 22nd Battalion. Formerly 4542, East Surrey Regiment
Born in Lambeth; enlisted in Clapham; lived in Upper Tooting
Killed in action 10 March 1917 aged about 35
Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France

Information from the 1911 census

Frank Sidney Minter was a 29-year-old commercial traveller selling herbs and seeds. He was born in South Lambeth, and was married to Ada Mary Minter, also 29, from Stockwell. They lived in three rooms at 49 Jeffreys Road, Stockwell, and had one child, Lilian Ada Minter, 5 months, born in South Lambeth. Mary Goldsmith, 63, Ada Mary’s mother, a laundress born in the City, lived with them.