The Battle of Mont St. Quentin
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Lieutenant Morgan Edward Jellett Moore MC
2nd Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles
Died of Wounds
Date of Birth: 1894
Place of Birth: County Donegal, Ireland
Date of Death: 24 March 1918 aged 24
Buried: Grand-Seraucourt Military Cemetery, Aisne
Awarded the Military Cross, the British War medal and the Victory Medal
Lieutenant Morgan Edward Jellett Moore, MC, age 24.
Born in County Donegal, Ireland, son of Edward and Nicola Moore. His parents were living at 'The Haven', Landscore Road, Teignmouth following the war and shown on the electoral rolls there.
2nd Lieutenant Moore was gazetted on 1 January 1917 with the award of the Military Cross.
He was serving with 2nd Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles* when he was wounded and taken prisoner.
Morgan later died of his wounds on 24 March 1918.
Morgan was buried in Grand-Seraucourt Military Cemetery, Aisne.
His grave Inscription reads: “Greater Love Hath No Man Than This" John Xv. 13.
Morgan was a cricketer
"2nd Lieutenant Moore was gazetted on 1 January 1917 with the award of the Military Cross. Morgan was serving with 2nd Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles (Fusiliers)* when he was wounded and taken prisoner and later died of his wounds on 24 March 1918. Buried in Grand-Seraucourt Military Cemetery, Aisne."
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His mother advertised for information about her missing son
Many mothers did this because of the absence of news or any information regarding their missing sons.
Clipping from the Army and Navy Gazette. June 1 1918
"Lieutenant Morgan Moore E.J. Moore, M.C., Royal Irish Rifles, missing since March 24. - His mother, Mrs. Edward Moore, Asylum House, Letterkenny, co. Donegal, will be most grateful for any information,"
Army and Navy Gazette
June 1 1918
A scholar at King's College Cambridge
“Moore, Morgan Edward Jellett: son of Edward Erskine Moore, M.D., of Asylum House, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal School : Trinity College, Glenalmond.Admitted 1 Oct. 1913.
During the Great War served as Lieutenant Royal Irish Rifles; M.C. Jan. 1917; twice wounded. Died in German hands 27 Mar. 1918 of wounds received in action 24 Mar. 1918”
Biography from Schools Register, King’s College, Cambridge.
Morgan's father was Dr. E. E. Moore
A doctor at Donegal District Lunatic Asylum (St Conal's Hospital) in Letterkenny, Dr E.E. Moore believed that heredity was the predisposing cause of insanity in 70% of the admissions and that tea was also implicated.
Clipping from the British Medical Journal (Br Med J 1918;2:614)
It was noted in the British Medical Journal that Morgan had been reported as having died of wounds.
"Moore, Morgan Edward Jellett. M.C., Lieutenant Royal Irish Rifles, only son of Dr. E. E. Moore, Asylum House, Letterkenny, reported misssing March 24th, 1918, now reported to have died of wounds at a German Field hospital at Flavy Le Martel on March 24th, aged 24.
He was educated at Glenalmond, and entered king's College, Cambridge, in 1913, but left to take a commission in the 13th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles (Ulster Division) in the autumn of 1914.
He received the Military Cross for gallantry at Theipval Wood , and was twice wounded in the battle of the Somme in 1916.
He returned to France, with a commisson in the regular in the 2nd Royal Irish Rifles, and served in Flanders in the heavy fighting at Ypres and Wesboeke in August , 1917 and at the battle of Cambrai in November, 1917".
British Medical Journal (Br Med J 1918;2:614)
*This Battalion was wiped out almost to the last man on 24 March 1918 as it fought desperate rear guard actions following the offensive launched by the Germans on 21st March. This became known as the Battle of St. Quentin.
