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Leading Wren Jean Watson Moore

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Leading Wren Jean Watson Moore

Birth
Whitley Bay, Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England
Death
15 Dec 1939 (aged 21)
Whitley Bay, Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England
Burial
Whitley Bay, Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England Add to Map
Plot
Sec. J. Cons. Grave 3355.
Memorial ID
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LEADING WREN JEAN WATSON MOORE
Service Number: 4662
Regiment & Unit/Ship: Women's Royal Naval Service
H.M.S. Titania.
Died 15 December 1939
Age 21 years old

Daughter of Harold and Norah Moore, of Whitley Bay.
Jean Watson Moore died in a Whitley Bay "lovers' lane" in December 1939. Gordon Chilcott admitted killing the 21 year old and was planning to commit suicide but was apprehended while enjoying a final cigarette. He was sentenced to be hanged, but commuted to imprisonment.
LEADING WREN JEAN WATSON MOORE
Service Number: 4662
Regiment & Unit/Ship: Women's Royal Naval Service
H.M.S. Titania.
Died 15 December 1939
Age 21 years old

Daughter of Harold and Norah Moore, of Whitley Bay.
Jean Watson Moore died in a Whitley Bay "lovers' lane" in December 1939. Gordon Chilcott admitted killing the 21 year old and was planning to commit suicide but was apprehended while enjoying a final cigarette. He was sentenced to be hanged, but commuted to imprisonment.

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  • Maintained by: DIMITRIOS CORCODILOS
  • Originally Created by: MISTY
  • Added: Jan 10, 2014
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/123092666/jean_watson-moore: accessed ), memorial page for Leading Wren Jean Watson Moore (17 Jun 1918–15 Dec 1939), Find a Grave Memorial ID 123092666, citing Whitley Bay Cemetery and Crematorium, Whitley Bay, Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England; Maintained by DIMITRIOS CORCODILOS (contributor 48461240).