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Arthur Moore =
Arthur was born on 29th September 1915 in 48 Eastwood
Street, Streatham. He was a war baby. His father William George
Moore was a Gunner with the Royal Garrison Artillery. Arthur's Army
number was No: 984130 Rank Private. He was a 'gunner' in the Royal Artillery.
He enlisted 16th May 1940.
We was 24 years old. It is believed that after training he
was posted to Northern Ireland
and then sent to France after D-Day to assist in the liberation
of France, Belgium and Holland followed by the invasion of
Germany. His army record book shows that he was posted to the
South Wales Battalion 6/03/1945 till 13/04/1945. This would have
been the South Wales Boarders. Why he changed regiments is not
known at present. It may be that they had artillery and anti
tank guns attached to the regiment and needed trained crew to
man them. The regiment had been in the thick of fighting and
lost a lot of soldiers. He was involved in the second and
successful attempt to liberate Arnhem in April. He did not stay with them long as he was
transferred yet again. This time to the Northamptonshire Regiment 4th Battalion.
He served there from 14th/04/1945 till 20/04/1946. He was
transferred to them just a month before the Germans surrendered on 8th May 1945.
The regiment saved Denmark from Russian Occupation. They raced
across Germany to Lubeck where they linked up with the Russian
Army and effectively stopped them moving any further west. Arthur passed away in South Africa aged 81.
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Leonard
George Moore
= Len was born on 17th October 1917 in 48 Eastwood Street, Streatham.
He too was a war baby. His father William George Moore is shown
as being a Gunner with the Royal Garrison Artillery on his birth
certificate. Len joined the British Army Kings Royal Rifle Corps Mechanized
Infantry Regiment (
2/KRRC ).
His army number was 6848248. He was promoted to Corporal and went to
Durban in South Africa before being sent to the North African
Desert as part of Monty's 8th Army Desert Rats. He then went to
fight in Italy where he was sent home ill with Cancer. He was
given 6 months to live but died 10 years later. In the desert
Len used to keep a pet chameleon on his shoulder to help keep
the flies away. Its long tongue would zap them out of the sky if
they came near. He told a story that he cut off the badly
damaged leg of British Foreign Secretary Lord Halifax's son
(later a MP) with a pair of scissors in the Desert. Len died back in England aged 36
from Stomach Cancer.
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Cyril Moore =
Cyril was born on 24th June 1920 in Streatham. He was the only brother who had joined the armed services
before the outbreak of World War Two. He was a regular and joined a RAF
Barrage Balloon unit in Cornwall then moved to London to help
protect it from the German Blitz. He volunteered to join Bomber
Command as
Air Crew and was trained as a gunner. He was posted as a Rear Gunner in
a Vickers Wellington Bomber.
Due to heavy
looses on daylight raids, the Wellington became a night bomber
and from 1940 was also used as a long range bomber in North
Africa. Cyril's
Squadron was posted to
North Africa. He was one of the few Rear Gunners to survive two
tours of duty. The rear gunner was normally the first to die as
the German fighters attacked their position first. Once the rear
gunner was put out of action they could shoot the bomber down
without fear of being shot down. Cyril Moore
completed 48 combat bombing missions as a rear Gunner in
Wellington Bombers but had flown two additional bombing missions
where his pilot had to turn back. He had taken off and faced
going into battle 50 times.
Air crew wanted to fly in Cyril Moore's plane
as he seemed to be lucky and always come back safe. Cyril could
not stand "Civi
Street"
after the war. He rejoined the RAF and
became an instructor.
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Sydney Moore
=
Sid was born 10th March 1923. Sid's army records show that
Tank Private (Tpr) Sydney Francis Moore Army No 14217106 enlisted at
Portsmouth on 25th June 1942 aged 19. His previous employment
was as a 'General Clark'. On 6th August 1942 he reported
to 8 P.T.C. (Primary Training Corps) Beverley, East Yorkshire
for his Army basic training. On completion he was transferred to the
Royal Armored Corps (RAC) 51st Training Regiment at Beverley on
16th September 1942. In the middle of a very cold winter he
undertook further tank training at Catterick, Yorkshire on 6th
February 1943.
He was finally
posted to the
144th Regiment
Royal Armored Corps (RAC) at Bovington Camp, Dorset on 2nd March
1943.
Sid's Army record
shows he was wounded in
action on 8th August 1944.
He was a gunner in
a Sherman Tank. He lost his right leg and was badly burnt hands
trying to get out of his tank. Sid passed away aged 75.
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Les Moore
= Les was born 4th July 1927. He joined the RAF as an Aircraftsman s part of his 20 months
National Service after World War Two. He was posted to RAF Northholt where he worked
in the VIP lounge. Les passed away aged 73.
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Ron Moore
= Ron was born 1st February 1929. He joined the RAF as an
Aircraftsman at the age of 19 in August 1948 as part of his 20
months National Service after World War Two. Ron was stationed at West Kirby, Hereford
and
Lichfield, Staffs. He remembers burning Old Mosquito twin
engined bombers on 5th November Bonefire Night calibrations
because they had no scrap value as they were made of wood. He left the RAF in April 1950. Ron Moore
has written an account of what it was like to live in the family
house, 95 Southcroft Road, Tooting, London as a teenager during
the German Bombing Blitz World War 2.
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