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Joseph Herbert Speight Moore was born the 9 Jul 1897 in Hull, the youngest of Walter and Jane Ann (nee Downes) Moore's three children. He was baptised on 15 Aug 1897 in Leeds, his parent's home town. Joseph was educated at Newland Avenue School and went on to become a clerk in the Estate Department of the North Eastern Railway Company.
He enlisted as Guardsman 28195 in the 4th Battalion of the Grenadier Guards on 29 Nov 1916 and served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 18 Aug 1917. In Oct 1917 he suffered from trench foot and septic poisoning and was treated in hospital, he rejoined his battalion the following February.
Joseph was killed on 13 Apr 1918 and is remembered with honour on the Ploegsteert Memorial, the Beverley War Memorial and the Beverley Minster Memorial.
For his sacrifice he was posthumously awarded the British War and Victory Medals
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