Samuel Johnston Moore
| Rank | Second Lieutenant | |
| Medals | British War Medal, Victory Medal | |
| Regiment | Royal Scots Fusiliers 5th Battalion | |
| Military Service | Moore enlisted in 5th Royal Scots Fusiliers (private 9691) at an unknown date and was gazetted probationary Second Lieutenant 19th December 1916. He was posted to the 6/7th Battalion (45th Brigade, 15th (Scottish) Division) on 5th March 1917 and joined ‘C’ Company. The battalion was in the line near Arras but things were quiet and Moore was the first man to become a casualty in the 12 days since he joined. | |
| Born | 29th March 1893, Glasgow | |
| Death | 18th March 1917 | |
| Circumstances of Death | Died of wounds. | |
| Age | 24 | |
| Burial | Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension, V. A. 37 ‘All that he had he gave’ was chosen by his mother to be engraved on his headstone. | |
| CWGC Information | Son of Mary Govine Moore, of 7, Park Circus, Ayr, and the late Andrew Moore. | |
| Parents | Andrew Moore (c1851-1911) & Mary G Campbell (1867-1938) | |
| Father's Occupation | Andrew Moore & Co, Muslin & Calico Printers, 67 West Nile Street, Glasgow | |
| Siblings | Mary J (1891- 1970), Jane F C (1896-1897), Andrew (c1899-1983) | |
| Spouse | Unmarried | |
| Education | Ayr Academy | |
| Occupation | Clerk in stockbrokers | |
| 1901 Census | 7 Park Circus, Ayr | |
| 1911 Census | 7 Park Circus, Ayr | |
| Home Address | 7 Park Circus, Ayr | |
| Glasgow Necropolis | Compartment Epsilon Lair 639 | |
| Other Memorials | Scottish National War Memorial | |
| Acknowledgements and Sources | Much of the information on which this profile is based is drawn from various internet sources which are listed below. The Friends of Glasgow Necropolis also wish to make full acknowledgement and thanks for the permitted use of any information or images generously supplied specifically for exhibition, publication or display in connection with The Roll of Honour and accompanying profiles to Ancestry, and Find my past. | |
Gallery
Samuel Moore Monument - Epsilon
Credits
Compiled by Morag Fyfe, Historical and Genealogical Researcher for The Friends of Glasgow Necropolis.
