Moss William John Bombardier 1107945
Personnel Entry
Name Moss William John
Army number 1107945
Rank Bombardier.
Decorations None yet known.
Date of birth Not yet known in detail - thought to be 1913.
Age 31 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in the Royal Artillery. Posted to the 55th Anti-Tank Regiment. KILLED in ACTION 26/7/1944.
Company/Battery 220 Battery.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Not yet known.
Joined Brigade Not yet known.
Promotions No details yet.
Wounded Not as far as is known.
Prisoner of War Not as far as is known.
Died/Killed in action KILLED in ACTION 26/7/1944. Interred initially at St Honorine de Chardonnerette, map reference 097708, then re-buried on 18/7/1945 in Grave I. D. 18. Ranville War Cemetery.
Headstone inscription - "HIS LIFE A PRECIOUS MEMORY HIS DEATH A SILENT GRIEF. HIS LOVING WIFE AND SON".
Home address Son of Thomas John and Beatrice Moss; husband of Viola Mary Moss, of Aberdare, Glamorgan.
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