John Moir, who was born on July 23, 1918 in Stonehaven, Scotland to Peter & Williamina (Lownie) Moir, served as a Petty Officer (Air Mechanic) (Service # FAA/FX 76950) with the Royal Navy.
In November of 1942 the ship he was serving on, the HMS Avenger (D14), took part in Operation Torch, the Allied invasion of North Africa, where she suffered engine problems. While leaving North Africa to start the journey home Avenger was sunk by the German submarine U-155 on November 15, 1942, just 9 hours after leaving Gibraltar for Britain, with a heavy loss of life among her crew, including that of Petty Officer John Moir. Just 24 years old, he was survived by his wife Mary Donaldson Moir of Sinclairtown, Kirkcaldy, Scotland.
Petty Officer Moir's name is inscribed on the Lee-On-Solent Memorial – Bay 3, Panel 4 in Lee-on-the-Solent, Hampshire, England, as well as on the family headstone at the Dunnottar Kirkyard in Stonehaven and the Stonehaven & District War Memorial.
In November of 1942 the ship he was serving on, the HMS Avenger (D14), took part in Operation Torch, the Allied invasion of North Africa, where she suffered engine problems. While leaving North Africa to start the journey home Avenger was sunk by the German submarine U-155 on November 15, 1942, just 9 hours after leaving Gibraltar for Britain, with a heavy loss of life among her crew, including that of Petty Officer John Moir. Just 24 years old, he was survived by his wife Mary Donaldson Moir of Sinclairtown, Kirkcaldy, Scotland.
Petty Officer Moir's name is inscribed on the Lee-On-Solent Memorial – Bay 3, Panel 4 in Lee-on-the-Solent, Hampshire, England, as well as on the family headstone at the Dunnottar Kirkyard in Stonehaven and the Stonehaven & District War Memorial.
John Moir, who was born on July 23, 1918 in Stonehaven, Scotland to Peter & Williamina (Lownie) Moir, served as a Petty Officer (Air Mechanic) (Service # FAA/FX 76950) with the Royal Navy.
In November of 1942 the ship he was serving on, the HMS Avenger (D14), took part in Operation Torch, the Allied invasion of North Africa, where she suffered engine problems. While leaving North Africa to start the journey home Avenger was sunk by the German submarine U-155 on November 15, 1942, just 9 hours after leaving Gibraltar for Britain, with a heavy loss of life among her crew, including that of Petty Officer John Moir. Just 24 years old, he was survived by his wife Mary Donaldson Moir of Sinclairtown, Kirkcaldy, Scotland.
Petty Officer Moir's name is inscribed on the Lee-On-Solent Memorial – Bay 3, Panel 4 in Lee-on-the-Solent, Hampshire, England, as well as on the family headstone at the Dunnottar Kirkyard in Stonehaven and the Stonehaven & District War Memorial.
In November of 1942 the ship he was serving on, the HMS Avenger (D14), took part in Operation Torch, the Allied invasion of North Africa, where she suffered engine problems. While leaving North Africa to start the journey home Avenger was sunk by the German submarine U-155 on November 15, 1942, just 9 hours after leaving Gibraltar for Britain, with a heavy loss of life among her crew, including that of Petty Officer John Moir. Just 24 years old, he was survived by his wife Mary Donaldson Moir of Sinclairtown, Kirkcaldy, Scotland.
Petty Officer Moir's name is inscribed on the Lee-On-Solent Memorial – Bay 3, Panel 4 in Lee-on-the-Solent, Hampshire, England, as well as on the family headstone at the Dunnottar Kirkyard in Stonehaven and the Stonehaven & District War Memorial.
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Records on Ancestry
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UK, British Army and Navy Birth, Marriage and Death Records, 1730-1960
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UK, Commonwealth War Graves, 1914-1921 and 1939-1947
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UK, World War II Index to Allied Airmen Roll of Honour, 1939-1945
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Web: Scotland, National War Memorial Index, 1914-1945
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UK, British Army World War I Service Records, 1914-1920
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