MOORES, FRANK
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Fusilier
14652728
30/09/1944
19
Royal Scots Fusiliers 6th Bn.
II. D. 1.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning we will remember him
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Son of Frank and Mary Moores, of Stockport, Cheshire..
He was initially buried at Meerveldhoven.
Initial gravesite at Meerveldhoven..
From the service records of Frank Moores, the following account can be reconstructed.
Frank Moores was born on 13 June 1925 in St Mary’s, Stockport, Cheshire. In civilian life he worked as a grocer’s traveller. He was not married.
He enlisted in the British Army on 15 July 1943 and joined the General Service Corps. On 26 August 1943 he was transferred to the Border Regiment, and later, on 1 August 1944, to the Royal Scots Fusiliers.
Frank Moores embarked for service in North West Europe.
According to his service records, he was 6 feet tall, with brown hair and blue eyes.
He was wounded on 26 September 1944 and died of his wounds on 30 September 1944.
Stockport County Express 13 June 1946
Stockport Advertiser and Guard 1 October 1948