MOULT,+SAMUEL+W.

Moult, Samuel Walker, Second Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

Samuel was the second son of Thomas (1861-1931) and Emma (née Walker, 1861-1921) Moult. Their other children were Thomas Henry (1886-1960) and Esther Isabel (1889-1968). All three were born in Spondon, although the family moved to “Ellerslie” in Borrowash by 1911. Thomas senior was a tailor and both sons followed in his footsteps, with Samuel involved in the Ashbourne branch of the business. The main branch was in the Market Place, Derby according to the report of the death of Thomas senior, with the business being continued by Thomas junior. In 1911, Samuel is listed as a tailor’s cutter in Ashbourne, living with his sister and sister-in-law, Annie (née Thompson) Samuel is commemorated on the headstone of his grandparents, Samuel and Mary Walker-Smith in Spondon, although this erroneously says that he is buried in Ginchy in France. Although there was a battle there on 9 September 1916, during the Somme campaign there is no CWGC cemetery of that name, and Samuel is commemorated on the Thiepval memorial.

Samuel is the paternal first cousin of James Coxon Walker Smith.

Ashbourne News, 29th September 1916 We regret to learn that Second-Lieutenant Samuel Walker Moult, second son of Mr. T. Moult, of the Corn-market, Derby, and of Ellerslie, Borrowash, has been killed in action in France. Lieut. Moult was well known and greatly respected in Ashbourne, where, at the time of his enlistment about two years ago, he was managing his father’s business in St. John-street. He joined the army at a time when the Germans had arrived within measurable distance of Paris, and his action clearly illustrated his manliness and conception of duty. He first served in the 17th Lancers, and was drafted to the Curragh, afterwards receiving a commission on May 6th, 1915, in the special reserve of officers attached to the Sherwood Foresters. He underwent all his training at their northern headquarters, and proceeded to the front in May last. Lieut. Moult was a keen cricketer, having inherited his father’s fondness for the game, and he had played for several clubs in the Derby district. During his residence in Ashbourne he was a member of the Bowling Club, among the members of which he was very popular. He had taken a great interest in Church work, being ever ready to help any movement that had for its object the promotion of the interests of boys and youths, and at Spondon and Ashbourne he was connected with the Parish Church choir. His death at the age of 28 is widely deplored, and much sympathy is extended to Mr. and Mrs. Moult and the family in their bereavement. 
 * Ockbrook (All Saints Church)**
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 * Ockbrook (Victoria Avenue) **
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 * Spondon**
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 * Spondon (St. Werburgh's Church)**
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