Next of kin address China More info Moore was born in 1895 in Foochow, China (what were his parents doing there?) and joined the RN as a cadet in 1908. He was appointed midshipman in 1913 and began with a plum posting, the battlecruiser Lion. He was present at the battles of the Heligoland Bight and the Dogger Bank. In April 1916 Moore (by then an acting sub-lieutenant) joined the destroyer Onslow, commanded by Lt Cdr John Tovey. She was part of the 13th Flotilla, attached to the Battle Cruiser Fleet at Rosyth. At around 6 pm the Onslow closed to within 2,000 yards of the cruiser Wiebaden and bombarded her with 58 shells. Just then the German battlecruisers came within range and Onslow turned to fire torpedoes at them but, at that moment, she was hit by a heavy shell and only one torpedo was fired. Tovey sent Moore to check what had happened; Moore noticed that the much-battered Wiesbaden was nearby and personally fired a torpedo at her, which was seen to hit. Onslow then launched an attack on the battlecruisers but was repeatedly hit by shells which brought her to a halt. After drifting helplessly for about an hour, another destroyer (herself badly damaged) offered her a tow and both returned safely. Rudyard Kipling wrote about this episode in a chapter of his "Destroyers at Jutland" entitled "Cripple and Paralytic". Casualties were surprisingly light, only three killed. Tovey was awarded the DSO (in World War II he was CinC Home Fleet) and Moore was mentioned in dispatches and given accelerated promotion to lieutenant. Moore remained in the RN after the war, specialising in navigation, and was eventually promoted to captain. His appointments included the Marlborough (rescue of surviving members of the Russian royal family, 1919), navigation officer in various cruisers and battleships, and CO of the Cockchafer (a Yangtse River gunboat, 1935-37). He served ashore during the Second World War and was appointed CBE in 1945, shortly before his retirement. He then lived in Wales, where he died in 1971.