Date of Birth
30 November 1882
College
Borough Road College
Job(s)
Teacher at Liverpool, Anfield Road
Service number
Unknown
WW1 rank
Captain
Royal Fusiliers, 4th Battalion
Theatre of war
Europe
Date of death
26 October 1917
Buried/memorial
Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium (Grave/Memorial reference: Panel 85 to 86.)
Biography
Captain John Moore attended Borough Road College for two years leaving with a full matriculation. Prior to attending Borough Road College his teacher described him as being particularly successful in science. He left Borough Road College in 1904 and is listed as being destined for a school in Liverpool. He enlisted in the Royal Fusiliers on 1 September 1914 and was commissioned one year later into the 3rd Battalion Border Regiment. He was 33 when he died on 26 October 1917.
Sources
Entry on p.85 [Roll of Honour page], Mentioned on Framed Borough Road College Roll of Honour, Borough Road College 1903 applications, Secondary source information provided by Douglas Craik (taken from Commonwealth War Graves Commission), 1905 Annual Report