GEOFFREY KINGDON MOSELEY
Born: 1897, Ipswich.
Died: 10th April 1918; age 21.
Residence: 14, Northgate Street, Ipswich.
Gazetted Second Lieutenant in the 6th (Cyclist) Battalion, Suffolk Regiment in August 1914. Then Temporary Captain in January 1917. Joined a battalion of the Suffolk Regiment in France, as Lieutenant, in May 1917, and was promoted Captain in June 1917.
Rank: Captain.
Regiment: Suffolk Regiment, 6th Battalion attached 11th Battalion.
Grave Reference:
I.B.4.
La Rolanderie Farm,
Erquinghem-Lys,
France.
Relatives Notified & Address: Son of Charles Kingdon Moseley, of 14, Northgate Street, Ipswich.
CENSUS
1901 14, Northgate Street, Ipswich.
Geoffrey was 4 years old and living with his parents & siblings.
Charles Kingdon Moseley, 37, a Physician & Surgeon – own account, born Camberwell, Surrey.
Sarah Emma Moseley (nee Vincent), 38, born Addlestone, Surrey.
Arthur Channell Moseley, 3, born Ipswich.
Audrey Josephine Edith Moseley, 1, born Ipswich.
1 governess
1 cook
1 housemaid
1 page.
1911 14, Northgate Street, Ipswich.
Geoffrey was 14 years old and living with his father & siblings.
Charles, 46, a Surgeon – own account.
Arthur, 13.
Audrey, 11.
Peter Charles Oswald Moseley, 11, born Ipswich.
Cynthia Mary Moseley, 2, born Ipswich.
1 governess.
1 cook.
1 page
1 parlour maid.
In 1911, Geoffrey’s mother & sister were away visiting his maternal aunt, uncle & cousin at their home – Kelston, Station Road, Weybridge.
Sarah, 48.
Daphne Ellen May Moseley, 7, born Ipswich.
Ellen Keziah Humphries, 44.
Albert Edward Humphries, 46, a Managing Director of a Flour Mill.
cousins Margery, 18 & Monica, 9.
Geoffrey attended Ipswich School – entered the Preparatory School, May 1905, and placed in Prep B. Promoted to Sixth Form, September 1913. He passed the London Matriculation in 1914 and also made a School Prefect. He was a splendid gymnast, being Captain of “Gym” in 1913 & 1914, and representing the School at Aldershot in both years. In 1909, he joined the O.T.C., and became a Sergeant in 1914, also gaining Certificate “A.”
Ipswich School magazine June 1918
Soldiers’ Effects to Charles Kingdon Moseley Esq- father.
Probate to Charles Kingdon Moseley, a surgeon.
Geoffrey is also remembered on the Chapel war memorial at Ipswich School.
Suffolk Regiment, 6th Battalion attached 11th Battalion:
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