Corporal Joseph Charles Moate
| Date of Birth | 3 November 1897 |
|---|---|
| Age at Death | 20 |
| Date of Death | 21 August 1918 |
| Service Number | 266317 |
| Military Service | 1st Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers |
| Merton Address | 125 Faraday Road, Wimbledon |
| Local Memorial | Rutlish School, Merton |
Additional Information
Joseph William, who was born in1860 at Chelsea in Middlesex, married Harriet Menzies Corder at Chorlton in Lancashire in the last quarter of 1891
Joseph Charles, the youngest son of Joseph William, a 36 years old, book-keeper clerk, and Harriet Menzies in 1897 at Liverpool in Lancashire.
The 1901 Census reveals that 40 year old William Joseph and Harriet Menzies had a total of 4 children living with them at their home at 125 Faraday Road in Wimbledon.
The 1911 Census reveals that Joseph and Harriet had been married for 21 years; the couple had a total of 6 children.
Joseph Charles enlisted in the Royal Scots Fusiliers in Wimbledon, eventually rising to the rank of corporal and was killed in action on the 21st August 1918. He is commemorated at the VIS-EN-ARTOIS Memorial.
(His service record is not available through Ancestry)
This Memorial bears the names of over 9,000 men who fell in the period from 8 August 1918 to the date of the Armistice in the Advance to Victory in Picardy and Artois, between the Somme and Loos, and who have no known grave.