Isiaiah (Sonny) Moss

Rank:Sapper - Royal EngineersNumber:2013588
Died:11/03/1941Age:21
How Died:HE Bomb blast
Incident Date:11/03/1941
Incident Address.Drill Hall, Hyde Road, Ardwick
Died Address:Drill Hall, Hyde Road, Ardwick
Grave Details:Section 'M', Row 3, Grave No. 21
Grave Photo:No
Cemetery or Memorial:Stourbridge (Lye & Wollescote) Cemetery
Town Memorial:Not Listed
Extra Information:
Born during the March quarter 1920 in the
Stourbridge R.D. - ref: 6c/76, the son of Isaiah &
Minnie Moss (nee Keen).

1939 National Registration - His parents are
recorded as residing at 6 Hill Road, Lye, near
Stourbridge, Worcestershire.   There is one
redacted record that may well be Isaiah Jnr.  
Isaiah Moss (Snr) Married - born: 13th July 1889 -
occ: School Caretaker.   Minnie Moss - Married -
born: 15th July 1888 - occ: School Caretaker.

Death registered during the March quarter 1941 in
the Manchester R.D.- ref: 8d/558 - aged: 21.

CWGC - Son of Isaiah and Minnie Moss, of Lye,
Stourbridge.

One of 12 Royal Engineers from 1 Engineer, Supply
Base Depot killed when a H.E. bomb landed on the
Royal Artillery Officers Mess on Hyde Road,
Ardwick where they were billeted.  Eleven of them
were killed outright, but the 12th survived, only
to be killed when he went back into the building
to search for his buddies when the remains of the
building collapsed onto him.  His body was not
recovered until the following day.

In total only nine bodies were recovered, but the
remains of three of them were never found and, in
consequence they have no known graves - their
deaths were not registered until September 1941.

Death registered during the March quarter 1941 in
the Manchester R.D.- ref: 8d/558 - aged: 21.

CWGC - Son of Isaiah and Minnie Moss, of Lye,
Stourbridge.

Benjamin Harry BROUGHTON
Eric John Berkley CLAYTON
Leslie DANES
William Reginald DEAKIN
George Wilfred HIMBURY
James Bird HODGSON
Charles C. HOLMAN
William Hugh MILLER
Isaiah MOSS
Henry William Abram ROBERTS
Jack Edward SHELDRAKE
Dennis Henry Wilfred THAYER



District:
Manchester (City of Manchester)
Memorials found on:
C.W.G.C.
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