Moore, Frank

Frank was born in Moreton Moreell, Warwickshire but was later baptised at St Paul’s church in Warwick on 18th May. The baptism register shows his parents were living at 43 Friars Streets and his father was working as a gardener.

Frank’s father, John William, died on 13th June 1898 and by 1901, the family had moved to 46 Cherry Street, Warwick with Ann Elizabeth a widow.  The other members of the family living in the house at that time were Frank’s five brothers – John (14), Thomas (11), Wilfred (9), Albert (4) and George (2) – as well as older sister Anne Elizabeth (14).

Frank’s mother remarried in 1904 to Harry Pickett, who was twenty years her junior.  In 1907, his half sister, Ivy Grace was born.

By 1911, Harry and Anne are living at 40 West Street with Ivy and the three youngest boys – Wilfred, Albert and George. Harry was working as a jobbing gardener at a nursery with his stepsons Wilfred and Albert.

The application to be included on Warwick War Memorial was probably made my his mother, who lived in Warwick until her death in 1939.