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Sergeant George Goldney Moody

 

Number: 9406

Company: 46th (Belfast) Company, 13th Battalion, First Contingent

ENLISTMENT

Date: 9 January 1900

Place: Belfast

Age: 33 years 1 month

Trade or calling: Farm manager and late ordnance surveyor

Place of birth: In the Parish of Drumachose, in or near the Town of Limavady, in the County of Londonderry

Address: Dogleap, Limavady, County Londonderry

Family: Father the Rev. James Leith Moody (dec), mother Mary Moody (nee Longlands), Herrington Fence Houses, County Durham; elder brother the Rev W. J. Moody, Toronto, Canada; elder sister Alice, 23 Buckingham Palace Road, London.

Previous military service: No

Description: Height 5' 8 1/2". Complexion fresh, eyes blue, hair dark brown.

Religion: Church of England

ACTIVE SERVICE

Date to South Africa: 3 March 1900 (?)

Date home: (?)

Service medal, clasps and other awards: Queen's South Africa Medal. Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal clasps.

DISCHARGE

Date: 24 June 1901

Place: Belfast

Reason for discharge: At own request

Intended place of residence: Spring Hill, Limavady

Conduct: Very good

Special qualifications: Good horsemaster, accountant, and thoroughly trustworthy

 

Moody was among the 400 men captured by Boer forces at Lindley in May 1900. He was released on 30 August with the other members of the 13th Battalion when the British captured Nooitgedacht.

In 7 January 1902 he was commissioned as a lieutenant and posted to the 134th (Irish Horse) Company, 29th Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry under Lord Longford. The Battalion embarked for South Africa on 10 May 1902. He resigned his commission on 16 September that year.

 

 

Coleraine Chronicle, 27 January 1900

 

Coleraine Chronicle, 22 September 1900

 

Coleraine Chronicle, 6 July 1901

 

Londonderry Sentinel, 13 September 1934

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