Matthew Hudson Mossop

• General Notes
  • "Seventy-seven lives are commemorated from the First World War, including one tutor, Mr E. Harrison. A photograph taken during the 1913-14 season captures the City of Leeds Training College rugby union team on the eve of war; five of the students depicted perished in the First World War and are remembered on the memorial: R. Bland, G. H. Gibson, H. L. Holliday, T. Masters, M. H. Mossop and T. J. Watkins. Typical of the students were Matthew Hudson Mossop, born in 1890 at Seascale, and Robert Bland, born in 1893 at Torpenhow. The two Cumbrians were contemporaries and active sportsmen during their time at college. In 1913, Bland had played rugby for his county. Both men enlisted in the 15th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales Own), the Leeds Pals. Both achieved the rank of Acting Sergeant and died on 1 July 1916 during the Serre offensive, in which the Leeds Pals were the lead battalion. Mossop was posthumously awarded the Military Medal for bravery in the field, repelling a German attack on 23 May 1916." 
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