Samuel George Moxham

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Samuel George Moxham was born in Alvediston, Wiltshire, on 31 Dec 1891 and baptised there on 14 Feb 1892 the son of Francis (Frank) Moxham and Elizabeth Ann Moxham (nee Francis).  He lived all his life, apart from Military Service, in the Alvediston area.  He had enlisted and joined the Royal Dublin Fusiliers as a Private (Service No. 15330).  He had served in the Balkans from 9 Aug 1915 and on his discharge was awarded the Victory and British War Medals as well as the 1915 Star.   His father had died in 1916 and the 1921 Census shows him living with his widowed mother in Trow Cottage, Alvediston, working as a Farm Labourer. His marriage to Elsie Lilian May Vincent was registered at the Tisbury, Wiltshire, Registry during 1930.  By the time of the 1939 Register he was living in Twenty Acre Cottages, Alvediston, Wiltshire, working as a Farm Carter.  His death was recorded in Berwick St John, Wiltshire, on 6 Jan 1967.  His brother, Bertram William James Moxham, also served but regrettably died during the conflict.