Lives of the First World War

The war grave of Sergeant Sydney Moxon in Woods Cemetery, Ypres. Inscription reads 2488 Ser jt Bugler S.H. Moxon, P.W.O Civil Service Rifles, 25th October 1916 Age 38

A list of names of members of the London Symphony Orchestra Ltd away on active service, in the minutes of the 13th Annual General Meeting on Friday 27 July 1917. From the bottom of the left hand page it reads "Sympathetic reference was made in regard to those members of the Orchestra whom had joined His Majesty's Forces, viz: Messrs WH Reed, Philip Lewis, E Carwardine, H Ralph, T Peatfield, ER Wilby, R Carrodus, B Reillie, S Freedman, J Meacham, A Tibbetts, A Ives, C Woodhouse, CB Jones, F Hawkins, Roy Robertson, E Yonge, C Dorling, P Kilburn, R Garnet, CA Crabbe, A Maney, C Blackford, RV Tabb, JH Silvester, R Murchie, F Almgill, E J Augarde, H Thornton, A Penn, H Jackson, E Hall, S Moxon, ET Garvin. Deep regret was expressed at the untimely death of Sydney Moxon, killed in action in France, whilst conveying a wounded man to a place of safety."

Sydney Moxon in uniform. He is pictured in June 1916 in Bruay, France, where he was billeted with his Battalion. The two little girls are from the village - Syndey was a popular figure as he could speak fluent French.

the music for the Civil Service Rifles' bugle call, which Sydney, as bugler, would have played for his men.