Edward Richard Moxey

A Third Hand with Trawler Excel (Lowestoft), Edward died on 4th of June 1915 at the age of 23.

Edward was born at Lowestoft in 1893, a son of Peter and Miriam Moxey. Note that birth registration indexes give his first name as Edwin, but all other documents state Edward.

In 1901 his family lived at 14 Beaconsfield Road, Lowestoft. Later his family lived at 4 Claremont Road, Lowestoft. By 1911 Edward was a fisherman and the 1911 Census lists him as an able seaman on the trawler G.V.E. at Padstow.

Edward was a Third Hand on the trawler Excel, LT 460. His father was the Skipper and his brother Francis (Frank) the Mate. The last sighting of the Excel was on 4 June 1915 at a position fifty miles south east by east from Lowestoft. It was concluded that the Excel had struck a mine and all four of the trawler's crew lost.