2nd Lieut Charles Alfred Pigot-Moodie, 6th Bn, Rifle Brigade

2nd Lieut Charles Alfred Pigot-Moodie of the 6th Battalion, Rifle Brigade, was killed in action on the 14th January 1915.  He was the son of George and Rosa Pigot Moodie and was born at Westbrooke, Rondebosch, Cape Province, South Africa.  The cutting above is taken from De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour.

Charles Pigot-Moodie is buried in Kemmel Chateau Military Cemetery. His brother's son, John Peter Pigot-Moodie, is recorded as a Second World War casualty.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.


Sources:


WW1 Medal Index Cards
Soldiers Died in The Great War
Army Service Numbers - FREE
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission - FREE

21467 L/Cpl John Walley Rangecroft, 1st Bn, Northumberland Fusiliers

21467 Lance-Corporal John Walley Rangecroft of the 1st Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers, was killed in action on the 9th May 1916. He had previously served with the West Yorkshire Regiment - number 10091.

John was born in Hull and probably enlisted there as well. His West Yorkshire Regiment number is a pre-war one and dates to early 1914. 21467 with the Northumberland Fusiliers dates to May 1915, and John's medal index card states that he arrived in France with the Nothumberland Fusiliers on the 13th July 1915.

John Rangecroft is buried in Kemmel Chateau Military Cemetery in Belgium.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

Sources:

Ancestry (MIC, WO 363)
Soldiers Died in The Great War
Army Service Numbers
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission

3406 Pte Guy Barclay Pollexfen, 10th Bn, King's (Liverpool) Regt

3406 Private Guy Barclay Pollexfen of the 10th Battalion, King's (Liverpool) Regiment, was killed in action on the 26th January 1915. He was the son of Francis Harry and Elizabeth Pollexfen.

Guy's partial service record survives in WO 363 and so we can see that he joined the 10th King's at Liverpool on the 30th August 1914, giving his address as New Brighton, 3 Shrewsbury Road, Oxtow, Cheshire.

Guy arrived overseas on the 1st November 1914 and thus qualified for the 1914 Star as well as the British War and Victory medals. Some while after his death, in August 1916, a kit bag containing Guy's personal effects and his identity disc were received by - presumably - his brother, P E Pollexfen, who was then a captain serving with the Cheshire Regiment.

Guy Pollexfen is buried in Kemmel Chateau Military Cemetery in Belgium.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

Sources:

Ancestry.co.uk (MIC, WO 363)
Army Ancestry
Army Service Numbers 1881-1918
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Soldiers Died in The Great War