Arnold Moston
Place of birth: Sandbach, Cheshire, England
Previous occupation: Office Boy
Service: Royal Navy
Rank: Telegraphist
Service Number: J28320
Joined Hood: 24th November 1923 (Telegraphist)
Left Hood: 30th December 1925 (Leading Telegraphist)
Biographical Information: No further biographical information is held.
History of ships served in and ratings held:
Date From | Date to | Ship | Rating | Source |
21st November 1913 | 21st March 1914 | Powerful | Boy 2nd Class | ADM188/703 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
22nd March 1914 | 12th June 1914 | Impregnable | Boy 2nd Class | ADM188/703 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
13th June 1914 | 14th October 1914 | Impregnable | Boy 1st Class (Telegraphist) | ADM188/703 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
15th October 1914 | 19th November 1914 | Vernon | Boy 1st Class (Telegraphist) | ADM188/703 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
20th November 1914 | 9th November 1915 | Prince of Wales | Boy 1st Class (Telegraphist) | ADM188/703 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
10th November 1915 | 14th May 1916 | Prince of Wales | Ordinary Telegraphist | ADM188/703 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
15th May 1916 | 5th April 1917 | Prince of Wales | Telegraphist | ADM188/703 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
6th April 1917 | 7th April 1917 | Vivid I | Telegraphist | ADM188/703 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
8th April 1917 | 31st May 1917 | Defiance | Telegraphist | ADM188/703 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
1st June 1917 | 11th June 1917 | Vivid I | Telegraphist | ADM188/703 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
12th June 1917 | 30th June 1917 | Victory II (TB 54) | Telegraphist | ADM188/703 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
1st July 1917 | 29th December 1917 | Victory X (P 54) | Telegraphist | ADM188/703 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
30th December 1917 | 1st March 1918 | Victory I | Telegraphist | ADM188/703 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
2nd March 1918 | 11th March 1918 | Defiance | Telegraphist | ADM188/703 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
12th March 1918 | 26th May 1918 | Victory X (P 53) | Telegraphist | ADM188/703 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
27th May 1918 | 1st July 1918 | Victory X (P 53) | Leading Telegraphist | ADM188/703 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
2nd July 1918 | 5th August 1918 | Victory I | Leading Telegraphist | ADM188/703 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
6th August 1918 | 28th August 1918 | Pembroke I | Leading Telegraphist | ADM188/703 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
29th August 1918 | 27th September 1918 | Blenheim (Tilbury) | Leading Telegraphist | ADM188/703 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
28th September 1918 | 11th November 1918 | Vivid I | Leading Telegraphist | ADM188/703 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
12th November 1918 | 16th November 1918 | Defiance | Leading Telegraphist | ADM188/703 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
17th November 1918 | 10th January 1919 | Vivid I | Leading Telegraphist | ADM188/703 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
11th January 1919 | 18th December 1919 | Greenwich (Warwick) | Leading Telegraphist | ADM188/703 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
19th December 1919 | 30th November 1920 | Columbine (Warwick) | Leading Telegraphist | ADM188/703 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
1st December 1920 | 14th January 1921 | Vivid I | Leading Telegraphist | ADM188/703 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
15th January 1921 | 2nd February 1923 | Caradoc | Leading Telegraphist | ADM188/703 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
3rd February 1923 | 14th March 1923 | Caradoc | Telegraphist | ADM188/703 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
15th March 1923 | 13th April 1923 | Vivid I | Telegraphist | ADM188/703 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
14th April 1923 | 15th November 1923 | Vivid (Tenacious) | Telegraphist | ADM188/703 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
16th November 1923 | 23rd November 1923 | Vivid I | Telegraphist | ADM188/703 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
24th November 1923 | 2nd February 1924 | Hood | Telegraphist | ADM188/703 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
3rd February 1924 | 30th December 1925 | Hood | Leading Telegraphist | ADM188/703 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
31st December 1925 | 20th April 1926 | Victory I | Leading Telegraphist | ADM188/703 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
21st April 1926 | 30th September 1926 | Vivid I | Leading Telegraphist | ADM188/703 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
1st October 1926 | 27th May 1929 | Eagle | Leading Telegraphist | ADM188/703 via WW1 Lives at Sea |
Additional Photographs
None at this time.
Memorials
No known memorials
No known memorials
Sources
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
'Register of Deaths of Naval Ratings' (data extracted by Director of Naval Personnel (Disclosure Cell), Navy Command HQ, 2009)
The Empire Cruise by VC Scott O'Connor
ADM188/703 via WW1 Lives at Sea