Basic Details
Surname
Weston
Forenames
Moses
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Service number
39948
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 146 New England.

(CWGC records that Boy 1st Class Moses Weston, service number J/39948, died aged 18 on 31/5/1916 serving in the Royal Navy on HMS Black Prince, and is commemorated on Panel 14 of Portsmouth Naval Memorial in Hampshire. They record him as the son of James and Emily Elizabeth Weston of 146 GNR Cottages, New England, Peterborough.
Moses' Navy service record states that he was born on 16/10/1898 in Lincoln, and that he enlisted on 15/4/1915. He was initially assigned to HMS Ganges as a Boy 2nd Class; on 16/7/1915 he became a Boy 1st Class. From 25/7/1915 he served on HMS Victory. On 26/7/1915 he joined HMS Black Prince, on which he was serving when he was killed in action on 31/5/1916.
HMS Black Prince was sunk in the Battle of Jutland, during the night of 31st May 1916, with the loss of all 857 souls on board).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Unit (Primary - Stated)
ROYAL NAVY
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
1st Class Boy
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
At Sea
Town of death
North Sea, Off Horn Reef
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1916
Month of death
May
Day of death
31
Manner of death as stated
Killed in action
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action
Personal Details
Address
146 NEW ENGLAND
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial