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Arthur Thomas Moore

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Buried at
  
Mount Jerome Cemetery

Role
  
Armed force officer

Allegiance
  
United Kingdom

Rank
  
Major General

Awards
  
Victoria Cross

Name
  
Arthur Moore


Arthur Thomas Moore

Born
  
20 September 1830 Carlingford, County Louth (
1830-09-20
)

Unit
  
3rd Bombay Light Cavalry

Battles/wars
  
Anglo-Persian War Indian Mutiny

Died
  
April 25, 1923, Dublin, Republic of Ireland

Place of burial
  
Mount Jerome Cemetery and Crematorium, Dublin, Republic of Ireland

Battles and wars
  
Anglo-Persian War, Indian Rebellion of 1857

Similar People
  
Sir James Outram - 1st Baronet, Naser al‑Din Shah Qajar, Sir Richard Griffith - 1st Baronet, Sarah Purser

Service/branch
  
British Indian Army

Major General Arthur Thomas Moore, (20 September 1830 – 25 April 1913) was a Bombay Army officer and an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

Details

Moore was born in Carlingford, County Louth and educated at the East India Company College. He was 26 years old, and a lieutenant in the 3rd Bombay Light Cavalry, Indian Army during the Persian War when the following deed took place for which he and John Grant Malcolmson were awarded the VC.

On 8 February 1857 at the Battle of Khushab, Persia, Lieutenant Moore who was Adjutant of the Regiment, was probably the first in the attack, but his horse, on leaping into the square, fell dead, crushing his rider and breaking his sword. Lieutenant Moore extricated himself, but he would almost certainly have lost his life had not Lieutenant John Grant Malcolmson fought his way to his dismounted comrade and carried him to safety. In this battle Lieutenant Moore also charged an infantry square of 500 Persians at the head of his regiment and jumped his horse over the enemy's bayonets.

He later achieved the rank of major general. He died 8 Waterloo Place, Dublin, 25 April 1913 and is buried in Mount Jerome Cemetery.

References

Arthur Thomas Moore Wikipedia