Personal Details

Born: 26 August 1881 in Worcester, Worcestershire.

Family: He was the second of five children born to Vincent Moseley, a boot repairer, and his wife Anne. He also had four half siblings from his mother’s first marriage. He married Jennie Mitchell on 1 December 1909 in Whitchurch, Shropshire and together they had one child Margaret R. Jennie died in 1946 and he married Hilda May Brimal in 1949 in Shrewsbury, Shropshire; there were no children for this marriage.

Residence: In 1891 he lived at Charles Street, Worcester; by 1911 the family had moved to 35 Sansome Place, Worcester and in 1911, having married he lived at 62 Wrexham Road, Whitchurch. He continued living there until he died.

Employment: He worked in the boot and shoe industry; in 1901 as an errand boy, in 1911 as a bootmaker and from 1917 as the manager of a boot business.

Died: 24 October 1951, aged 70, at Copthorne Hospital, Shrewsbury and was buried on 29 October the same year in Whitchurch cemetery.

Military Details

Regiment: Royal Air Force 

Rank: Private

Service Number: 147921

Date of Enlistment: 9 July 1917

Date of Discharge: 4 February 1919

Reason for Discharge: No longer fit for service (defective vision)