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Private Cecil Obediah MOAT, G/15302, 10th Battalion,  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 21st September 1917.

Born Herne Bay, Kent, son of Obediah & Eleanor Emma Moat, Hensbury, Eddington, near Herne Bay, Kent.


1911 Census - Hensbury, Canterbury Road, Eddington, Herne Bay, Kent - Obed Moat, head, age 40, married, coachman domestic, Buss Driver crossed through, & replaced by Horse Bus Services, worker, born Sturry, Kent; Eleanor Emma Moat, wife, age 43, married 17 years, 8 children, all still alive, born Ludham, Norfolk; Cecil Obed Moat, son, age 16, single, printer, stationery, worker, born Herne Bay, Kent; $ Edward John Moat, son, age 14, Buss Conductor, Horse Bus Services, worker, born Herne Bay, Kent; #William Alfred Moat, son, age 12, school,  born Herne Bay, Kent; Francis Nellie Moat, daughter, age 11, school,  born Herne Bay, Kent; *Hilda May Moat, daughter, age 8, school,  born Herne Bay, Kent; Richard Hullforth Moat, son, age 6, school,  born Herne Bay, Kent; Charles Percy Moat, son, age 3, born Herne Bay, Kent; Robert George Moat, son, age 1, born Herne Bay, Kent.

*1918 December Blean Registration District, died age 16.

$1918 December Blean Registration District, died age 22.

# see Pte W A Moat


Enlisted  22nd February 1916, Ramsgate, Kent, age 21 years & 45 days, height 5ft 5 inches, weight 134lbs, left variciole, hammer toes left foot.  Resided Granville Farm, Thanet Road, Ramsgate, Kent. Formerly journalist.

Home 22nd February 1916 to 3rd November1916; BEF 4th November 1916 to 21st September 1917.

22nd February 1916, enlisted; 23rd February 1916, to Army Reserve; 25th May 1916, mobilized; 3rd November 1916, posted BEF; 4th November 1916, embarked / disembarked.

10th September 1919, Statement of Relatives - Widow, none; Children, none; Father, Obed Moat, Hensbury, Eddington, Herne Bay; Mother, Eleanor E Moat, Hensbury, Eddington, Herne Bay; Brothers - Charles Percy, age 12, Hensbury, Eddington, Herne Bay; Robert George, age 10, Hensbury, Eddington, Herne Bay; Frederick, age 4, Hensbury, Eddington, Herne Bay; Sisters - Francis Nellie, ??? Cottages, Bullers Avenue, Herne, Bay.

Buried at Hooge Crater Cemetery, XII. D. 1., Belgium.


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