Killed in action, in the improvised and disastrous attack of the 9th (Scottish) Division on the German positions in the East of Fampoux. The 2nd SAI, who went in 400 strong, lost 16 officers and 285 men
Son of Clement and Hannah Mossop, of Dalecote, Cartmel, Grange-over-Sands, Lancs. Husband of Mrs. Margaret McAlpine Mossop, of Masons Farm Cottage, Graftly Green, Sandway, Kent. His brother also died in service