This name is on Stockwell War Memorial, London SW9 F. J. Moulder (Frederick James Moulder) Service no 512364 Private, London Regiment (London Scottish), "C" Coy. 1st/14th Battalion Died at age 21 on 23 August 1918 Son of Frederick and Elizabeth Moulder, of 35 Cottage Grove, Stockwell, London. Remembered at Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux, France and on Stockwell War Memorial, London SW9 CLAPHAM LONDON SCOT KILLED. Brave Runner Falls While Dispatch Carrying Pte. F. T. Moulder, London Scottish, killed in action while carrying dispatches under heavy shellfire, was a native of Clapham, formerly residing at 35, Cottage-grove, Bedford-rd. He joined the London Scottish in the early days of the war and did excellent work as a company and battalion runner since the days of the terrible Somme push of 1916. A comrade, Pte, E. A. McKearon, himself wounded and an inmate of the 1st London General Hospital, Camberwell, says of him: "He was well known throughout the battalion and had earned the esteem and respect of all who knew him." © South London Press Information from the 1911 census Frederick Moulder appears on the 1911 census as a 14-year-old (he is named as "James" on the form, which was completed by his father). In 1911 the Moulder family lived at 41 Ballater Road, Brixton. Frederick Moulder, 51, was a general labourer working for a builder. He was born in Basingstoke, Hampshire. His wife, Elizabeth, 50, was born in Stockwell. The children on the census were: Jane Moulder, 21, a milliner, born in Brixton Helen Moulder, 18, a dressmaker, born in Brixton James Moulder, 14, born in Brixton and at school Esther Moulder, 11, born in Brixton and at school Arthur Grove, 28, a carman born in Brixton and his wife, Emma Grove, 24 and born in Norwood, were visiting. |
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