208865 Pte. Arthur Moore British Army 13th Btn. East Yorkshire from:Hull My grandfather, Arthur Moore served on the Somme during WW1. The night before the battalion was due to go over the top a mortar round exploded near him whilst he was asleep. His friends tried to wake him up the next morning but he was unconcious due to a lack of blood from 13 shrapnel wounds. He was sent back to the field hospital whilst the rest of the batallion went over the top. After the attack the nominal rolls were called and he did not answer (no one knew he had been wounded prior to the attack) and as a result he was posted as missing presumed dead and my grandmother was notified acordingly by letter.
He recovered from his wounds and rejoined the batallion. However, his name appears on the Roll of Honour in Beverly Minster, but with no regimental number. He survived the war and lived until 1963.
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