MOORE, WILLIAM GILL
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Guardsman
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17/09/1944
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Irish Guards 2nd Bn.
II. B. 9.
I am lonely, dear. life will never be the same. I only hope & pray we shall meet again
William Gill Moore was a crewmember of an tank from the Irish Guards. On the 17th of September 1944 his tank was part of an operation called “Market Garden”. The Irish Guards broke out of there bridgehead at Lommel Belgium in their race to reach Arnhem. In the first minutes of the operation 9 tanks of the Irish Guards were ambushed on the road toward Valkenswaard. William Moore his tank was one of them.
From the service records of William Gill Moore, the following account can be reconstructed.
William Gill Moore was born on 9 January 1923. He enlisted in the British Army on 18 January 1941 and joined the Royal Ulster Rifles.
On 13 October 1942, he was transferred to the Irish Guards, at which point a new service record would have been opened for him under that regiment.
William Gill Moore was killed in action in 1944.
From the additional service records of William Gill Moore, the following account can be expanded.
William Gill Moore was born in Shankhill, Belfast, Antrim. In civilian life he worked as a junior clerk. He was described as being 5 feet 9 inches tall, with hazel eyes and brown hair.
He enlisted in the British Army on 18 January 1941, initially joining the Royal Ulster Rifles. On 13 October 1942, he was transferred to the Irish Guards, at which point a new service record was opened under that regiment. On 29 April 1943, he passed the Driver Operator (tank) test.
William was deployed to North-West Europe on 1 July 1944 as part of the Allied campaign following the Normandy landings. He was killed in action later that year, bringing to an end his military service.
The Moore family.
William is the boy in the front.
Northern Whig 17 september 1946
