Commemorated: | |||
| 1. Memorial: | Neuve-Chapelle Memorial | Panel 25 to 27. Neuve Chappelle | |
| 2. Book: | The (1921) Masonic Roll of Honour 1914-1918 | Pg.130 | |
| 3. Memorial: | The (1940) Scroll - WW1 Roll of Honour | 21B GQS | |
Awards & Titles: | |||
Family :
Second son of Horace D'Oyly Moule and Banna Moule. C.S.I., of the Bengal Civil Service, and of Banna his wife. Husband of Evelyn O. Moule of Thierry House Litton Bath Somerset. He married, in 1911, Evelyn Douglas, daughter of the Reverend Edward Douglas Prothero, and had two sons between them.He attended Rugby School in 1889 and 1890.
See also: Rugby School.
Service Life:
Campaigns:
- The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.
| Unit / Ship / Est.: 4th Battalion Gurkha Rifles |
| Action : The Battle of Festubert |
Festubert (15-25 May 1915) was really a continuation of the Battle of Aubers Ridge that had been called off on 10th May, and in places fought over the same ground with the same depressing outcome. Some minor tactical success was achieved but it did not justify the 16,000 casualties. It did however reinforce the lessons of Neuve Chapelle and Aubers Ridge and conditioned planning and thinking that evolved into the tactical planning of the Somme in 1916.
Detail :
He attended the Royal Military College at Sandhurst and obtained a Commission in the North Staffordshire Regiment in 1896. In 1900, Hugh transferred to the 4th Gurkha Rifles and before the War he commanded a Battalion of Military Police in Burma.
He was promoted Major in March, 1914, and joined his Regiment in France in April, 1915. He led a night attack against the German trenches near Ferme de Boison May 21st, 1915. He pushed forward with a small following, while the
rest were held up by obstacles, and was last seen on the top of the enemy's trench. Nothing more was heard of him, of another Officer and about 25 men; and it was presumed that he was killed on that day. Age 40.
Brigadier-General W. G. Walker, V.C., C.B., wrote of him :— " He led the attack very gallantly." The Major Commanding his Battalion wrote of him :— "I had not met him before he joined us again the other day, but he acted as my Second in Command and I found him invaluable in work, and one of whom I should soon have made a great friend. His loss to the Regiment is very severe, and we all, Officers and men, are hard hit." A brother Officer wrote : "We all miss him very much, and I personally feel his loss deeply, as we had been thrown together a great deal. All through I had the greatest admiration for his courage and cheerfulness and he kept one going many times when one was not at one's best. Up to the last time we saw him he was as cheery as ever."
Broad Arrow 14 June 1916: "Major Hugh Elliot Moule, Gurkha Rifles, who was reported missing on 22nd May 1915 and is now believed to have been killed in action on that date in France, was born in 1875. He obtained his first commission in 1896, was promoted lieutenant in 1898, captain in 1905, and major in 1914."
Masonic :
| Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
|---|---|---|
| Mother : | Light of the North No. 1308 E.C. | Northern India |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
28th August 1905 | 4th September 1905 | 21st October 1905 |
Source :
The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- The (UK) National Archives
- Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
- ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry
Additional Source:
- Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
- Researcher : Bruce Littley