LIEUTENANT COLONEL ATHELSTAN MOORE DSO
ROYAL DUBLIN FUSILIERS
1ST JANUARY 1970 AGE 38
BURIED: YPRES RESERVOIR CEMETERY, BELGIUM
Sail forth - steer for the deep waters only,
Reckless, O soul, exploring, I with thee, and thou with me,
For we are bound where mariner has not yet dared to go,
And we will risk the ship, ourselves and all.
Walt Whitman (1819-1892) Passage to India
Athelstan Moore, a professional soldier, served in the South African War where he was awarded the DSO. After this he served in West Africa and then in 1911 went to New Zealand as instructor to the Ortago Military District, serving with the Ortago Infantry. He went with them to Gallipoli in 1915 and then to France. In August 1916 he transferred to the Munster Fusiliers and then in April 1917 took command of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers. He died of wounds on 14 October 1918, the opening day of the Battle of Courtrai.
Married with one child, the form confirming his inscription was signed by his mother.