Name
Albert Richard Mogg
1892
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
04/06/1915
23
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
12481
Worcestershire Regiment
4th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
HELLES MEMORIAL
Panel 104 to 113.
Turkey (including Gallipoli)
Headstone Inscription
N/A
UK & Other Memorials
Knebworth Village Memorial, Knebworth (Old), St Martin's Church Memorial, Knebworth (New), St Martin's Church Framed Memorial Knebworth (New), The British Legion -Knebworth & District Branch ROH, St Martin Church, Knebworth (New), St Mary & St Thomas Church Memorial, Knebworth Park, Diocese - Book of Remembrance, St Albans Cathedral, St Albans, Diocese of St Albans - ROH, St Albans Cathedral, St Alban, Not on the Stevenage Old Town memorials
Pre War
Albert Richard Mogg was born in 1892 in Newgate Street, nr Cuffley, Hertfordshire, the son of Richard and Emma Mogg and one of nine children.
On the 1901 Census the family were living at the Police Station in Pirton, Herts, where his father was the Police Constable. His parents and siblings had moved to 8 Hellards Road, Stevenage, Herts by 1911, where his father was described as a Police Pensioner Out of Work, however Albert was not listed with them. There is, however, an Albert Mogg recorded on the Census at Carisbrooke, Isle of Wight serving as a Private with the Worcestershire Regiment, but his place of birth is shown as Redditch, Worcestershire (the birthplace of his father).
His parents later moved to "Hazeldene," Pondcroft Road, Knebworth, Stevenage, Herts.
Wartime Service
He enlisted in London and joined the Worcestershire Regiment, serving with the 4th Battalion. His regimental number of 12481 suggests that he enlisted in the first half of 1911 and served in India and Burma before landing back in England on 1 February 1915.
The battalion were then sent to Gallipoli (Balkans) arriving on 25 April 1915, and where Albert was killed in action on 4 June 1915, aged 23. He has no known grave and his name is commemorated on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli. Turkey.
Additional Information
His parents jointly received the war gratuity of £5 and pay owing of £7 12s 1d. His mother received a pension of 5s a week in respect of Albert.
His brother Reginald served with the Machine Gun Corps and died from disease in 1921 after discharge. His father enlisted with the Hertfordshire Regiment on 25 May 1915 and served at home with the Supernumery Company . He was transferred to No. 43 Protection Company on 29 April 1916.
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
Paul Johnson
