Every Name a Story
In Flatiron Copse Cemetery, Mametz, Somme, France, is the Commonwealth War Grave of 14384 Corporal Robert Moffatt, M.M., serving with the 10th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, who died 22/09/1916.
The husband of Mrs. Tiplady (formerly Moffatt), of 24, Jackson Street, Annitsford, Dudley, Northumberland.
Morpeth Herald 20/10/1916 carries a brief obituary:
Mrs Moffat [sic], of Lee Street, Annitsford, has received official intimation that her husband Corporal R. Moffat [sic], who had recently been awarded the Military Medal, was killed in action on Sept 22nd. Corporal Moffat was formerly employed as a porter at Seghill Station. He leaves a wife and three children.
He is not remembered on a local war memorial.