Private Robert Moore was born in Ballygowan, Ballynure, Co Antrim on 1887 - 1888 to John Moore and Margaret McConkey. He was in the Reserves when war broke out and acted as a drill instructor for Raloo Company UVF. He joined the 1st Battalion of the Highland Light Infantry.

Robert, aged 28, was killed at the battle of Tigris in Mesopotamia on 11/1/1917. He is remembered with honour in Amara War Cemetery, Iraq.

 

Richard Wallace