Individual Details

Ralph Ivan MOORE RN

(29 Sep 1897 - 18 Oct 1941)

Events

Birth29 Sep 1897Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire
ResidenceFrom 1901 to 1911with his parents - 25, High Street, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire
MilitaryFrom Abt 1915 to 1928with the Royal Navy
Marriage1932Atcham Registration District, Shropshire - Doris Nellie WALTERS
MilitaryFrom 1939 to 1942with the Royal Navy
Residence29 Sep 1939Green Garth, Leicester Road, Hinckley, Leicestershire
Occupation29 Sep 1939ARP area organiser - Hinckley, Leicestershire
Military1941Chief Engine Room Artificer on HMS Broadwater
Death18 Oct 1941at sea on war service aboard the destroyer HMS Broadwater - a point south of Iceland, the North Atlantic
Probate7 Apr 1942Leicester

Families

SpouseDoris Nellie WALTERS (1906 - 1971)
FatherOswald Brewer MOORE (1867 - 1930)
MotherMiriam Alice BRIGHT (1867 - 1931)
SiblingDoris Gwendoline MOORE (1895 - 1981)
SiblingLewis Daniel MOORE RAF (1910 - 1943)

Notes

Military

Servive number D/M5612.

Death

HMS Broadwater, on convoy duty, was hit by a torpedo from U-boat U-101.

Probate

Probate was granted to his brother Lewis Daniel Moore, bank clerk and William Charles Henry Walters, railway official. His effects were valued at £3606 (£172,894 in 2019).