Arthur Moore drowned on this day in 1915
Arthur was born in Burnley in 1895, the son of James and Lettice Anne née Howarth.
At the 1911 Census Arthur was living at home with with two older brothers and his older sister, her husband and 8 year old son at 58, Baron Terrace, Healey Wood, Burnley. This was a four-roomed dwelling. Arthur was 16 and working as a cotton weaver.
Arthur was also a member of the Burnley Lads Club. He enlisted into the Royal Army Medical Corps (Territorial Force) (the 2/2nd EL FA ‘Callams Own') at Burnley barracks in mid-November 1914 and, after training in Colwall and Heathfield, Arthur embarked upon HMT Royal Edward at Devonport on 30 July 1915.
En route for Gallipoli, the Royal Edward was struck by a torpedo from the UB-14 in the Aegean on 13 August 1915 and sunk. 440 men were rescued.
Arthur was one of the 77 men from Burnley on board who died that day. In total, 935 lives were lost.
Having no grave but the sea, he is commemorated on the Helles Memorial, Turkey.
469 Pte Arthur Moore, 2nd/2nd East Lancs Field Ambulance, RAMC.