{"id":56,"date":"2016-10-14T15:57:45","date_gmt":"2016-10-14T14:57:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/rochesterborstalfirstworldwar\/?p=56"},"modified":"2016-10-14T15:57:45","modified_gmt":"2016-10-14T14:57:45","slug":"moorey-henry-1890-1915","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/rochesterborstalfirstworldwar\/2016\/10\/14\/moorey-henry-1890-1915\/","title":{"rendered":"Moorey, Henry (1890-1915)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Henry Moorey was one of two brothers to serve and die for the King’s Royal Rifle Corps – the other was Jesse Moorey<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Around the time of Henry\u2019s birth, the Moorey family were living at 14 Newark Street in Strood, and Charles, Henry\u2019s father, was the captain of a barge.\u00a0 Charles Moorey the elder was born in Strood, whilst his wife and Henry\u2019s mother, Elizabeth Mary [Skillen], was born in Camberwell, in South London.\u00a0 Charles and Elizabeth married in 1886 in Gravesend.\u00a0 In 1881, Elizabeth was 18 years old living and working as a domestic servant at 15 Darnley Road in Gravesend for George John Smith, who was a trinity pilot<\/a>.\u00a0 At the time of the 1901 Census, Henry was living with his family at 14 Victoria Street in Frindsbury.\u00a0 Henry was the third of five boys born to his parents at this point, with his eldest brother Charles aged 14, John aged 12, Henry himself was 10, Jesse was 7 and Albert was 3.\u00a0 No occupation was listed for Elizabeth in any of the later Censuses, so Charles the elder was apparently able to support her to remain at home; and all the boys with the exception of Charles were in school.\u00a0 Charles was also missing an occupation, but the enumerator noted that he had lost an eye.\u00a0 \u00a0By the 1911 Census, Henry and his younger brother Jesse were still living at home with their parents and youngest brother. Henry and Jesse were both listed as grocers\u2019 assistants, and that they were working at home.\u00a0 They had not followed their father into working on the water.<\/p>\n

Henry Moorey was a Private in the 2nd<\/sup> Battalion of the Kings Rifles Corps, with his regimental number 11603.\u00a0 He died on 25 January 1915 of wounds incurred whilst he was serving in France and Flanders.\u00a0 Details of his grave can be found on EveryManRemembered<\/a>.<\/p>\n

NB: Henry\u2019s surname has been misspelt at Henry Morrey or Moorley on some documents.<\/p>\n

FreeBMD.\u00a0England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1837-1915<\/em>\u00a0[database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.<\/p>\n

Military-Genealogy.com, comp.\u00a0UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919<\/em>\u00a0[database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.<\/p>\n

Class:\u00a0RG13<\/em>; Piece:\u00a0720<\/em>; Folio:\u00a022<\/em>; Page:\u00a033<\/em><\/p>\n

Ancestry.com.\u00a01901 England Census<\/em>\u00a0[database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.<\/p>\n

Class:\u00a0RG12<\/em>; Piece:\u00a0653<\/em>; Folio:\u00a098<\/em>; Page:\u00a020<\/em>; GSU roll:\u00a06095763<\/em><\/p>\n

Ancestry.com.\u00a01891 England Census<\/em>\u00a0[database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.<\/p>\n

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