2791: From horse breaker to asylum assistant to soldier

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posted on 2024-01-16, 17:20 authored by Lest We Forget Project Team

John Herbert Moss was a horse breaker and went to Canada. He returned when WW1 broke out and worked as an assistant in an asylum probably in Middlesbrough. He joined the Duke of Wellington Regiment in 1915. He was awarded the DCM for attacking and capturing an enemy machine gun. See the citation in the London Gazette. John survived the war and was appointed Warrant Officer in 1919.

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Mary Twentyman (John's Granddaughter)

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John Herbert Moss

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WW1

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Photographs of Moss in uniform with his comrades and on motorbike. Citation from the London Gazette. Warrant certificate.

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City Hall, Bradford (02/02/19)

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Lest We Forget World War One

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