Commemorated: | |||
| 1. Memorial: | Tyne Cot Memorial | Panel 54 to 60 and 163A. | |
| 2. Book: | The (1921) Masonic Roll of Honour 1914-1918 | Pg.130 | |
Awards & Titles: | |||
Early Life :
Born 1877 to Charles E and Henrietta Moxham of Devonia, Priory Avenue, High Wycombe. In the pre-war period Arthur worked as an architect and brick-maker.Service Life:
Campaigns:
- The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.
| Unit / Ship / Est.: 2nd Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers |
2nd Battalion August 1914 : in Dover. Part of 12th Brigade, 4th Division. 20 August 1914 : landed at Boulogne. 4 November 1915 : moved with the Brigade to 36th (Ulster) Division. 3 February 1916 : returned with the Brigade to 4th Division. |
| Action : The Battles of Ypres 1917 (Third Ypres, or Passchendaele) |
31 July - 10 November 1917. By the summer of 1917 the British Army was able for the first time to fight on its chosen ground on its terms. Having secured the southern ridges of Ypres at Messines in June, the main attack started on 31st July 1917 accompanied by what seemed like incessant heavy rain, which coupled with the artillery barrages conspired to turn much of the battlefield into a bog. Initial failure prompted changes in the high command and a strategy evolved to take the ring of ridges running across the Ypres salient in a series of 'bite and hold' operations, finally culminating in the capture of the most easterly ridge on which sat the infamous village of Passchendaele. The Official History carries the footnote ?The clerk power to investigate the exact losses was not available? but estimates of British casualties range from the official figure of 244,000 to almost 400,000. Within five months the Germans pushed the British back to the starting line, which was where they had been since May 1915.
Detail :
His commemorative plaque ("death penny") was sold at auction in September 2016 for £90 from an £80-120 estimate.
The footnote at auction includes the following: "Arthur William Moxham was born in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, in 1877 and enlisted there in the Imperial Yeomanry on 3 January 1900. He served with the 38th (Buckinghamshire) Company, 10th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry in South Africa during the Boer War from 10 February 1900 until 2 January 1901 (entitled to Queen’s South Africa Medal with clasps Cape Colony, Orange Free State, and Transvaal), before being discharged on 4 February 1901 after 1 year and 33 days’ service. He subsequently served during the Great War with King Edward’s Hussars in France from 5 May 1915, before transferring to the Lancashire Fusiliers. He was killed in action on the Western Front on 9 October 1917, and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium."
He is commemorated at High Wycombe Cemetery (or High Wycombe Hospital): "In loving memory of my dear son Arthur William [Moxham] born January 25, 1877 gave his life for his country Oct 9, 1917"
Masonic :
| Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
|---|---|---|
| Mother : | Comrades No. 2740 E.C. | London |
| Joined : | Eton No. 2458 E.C. | Buckinghamshire |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
11th April 1902 | 13th June 1902 | 10th October 1902 |
Past Master
Arthur was also a joining member of the Eton Lodge No. 2458 in 1905, but had resigned from that lodge in October 1910.
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