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A poppy engraved road sign of Moore Road.
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In honour of our soldiers: Private William G. Moore
Published 12:08 PDT, Thu September 26, 2024
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The lives behind the Poppy Street signs.
In 2016 the city installed new poppy-adorned street signs to commemorate these local soldiers who lost their lives in military service. The program was initiated by the Friends of the Richmond Archives and matches similar programs in other cities across Canada, Europe and New Zealand.
The lives behind those Richmond residents that lost their lives in World War I and World War II, are inscribed on the Richmond Cenotaph, and have a road named after them.
In a series of Richmond’s ‘poppy’ street signs in memory of our fallen soldiers, we share the story of Moore Road. William George Moore was born on Aug. 10, 1892, in Braddan, Isle of Man, Great Britain where he was a farmer working with his family on Walberry Farm. No address was given in British Columbia for William although the records show that he enlisted in Vernon, B.C. on June 12, 1915. He was an active member of the Militia, 104th regiment stationed in New Westminster.
He would later enlist to fight in WW1, joining the 47th battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Forces, embarking for England aboard the SS Missanabie arriving on Nov. 23, 1915.That year he was hospitalized due to influenza and was transferred to the 29th Battalion on departure for France. He arrived on April 16, 1916, and later he was killed in action on Aug. 6. He bequeathed his personal estate to his mother Eliza Jane Moore of Walberry Farm, Braddan, Isle of Man, Britain. His mother was granted a memorial cross for her son’s service. Moore’s legacy will continue to live on in Moore Road between No. 3 and St. Albans roads.
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