Source: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland.
He was the son of Arthur Moore, a market gardener, born 1848 in Barwell, Leicestershire and his wife Mary Anne Moore (nee Towers, married on the 19th September 1890 in the Parish Church, Barwell, Leicestershire), born on the 26th December 1865 in Dadlington, Leicestershire. Alfred was born in the 3rd quarter of 1893 in Barwell, his siblings were, Lilian Celia, born on the 22nd April 1890 and baptised on the 22nd March 1891 in the Parish Church, Barwell, Adelina Olive, born on the 24th September 1891 and baptised on the 15th November 1891 in the Parish Church, Barwell and Bertie, born in the 4th quarter of 1895, all his siblings were born in Barwell, in March 1901 the family home was at 27, Chapel Street, Barwell. In April 1901 Alfred was employed as a shoe trade clicker and was residing in the family home at 18, Chapel Street, Barwell, together with his father, a seedsman, his mother and siblings, Lily, a shoe trade machinist, Olive, a shoe trade machinist and Bertie, a shoe trade clicker. Alfred’s younger brother Bertied died of wounds received in action on the 6th August 1915.
Alfred’s Army enlistment documents do not survive, all that is known of his military service is that he enlisted into the Leicestershire Regiment, being allotted the service number 9400, and was posted as a Private to that Regiment’s Depot for training, subsequently being posted to the 2nd Battalion. It was with this Battalion that he first entered the theatre of war in France on the 12th October 1914. Nothing further is known of his military service until he was officially recorded as having being killed in action on the 7th December 1914. He was awarded the 1914 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal.
The War Diary records: 7-Dec-14 – M. Situation as usually, Germans sent up a good many star shells last night, more than usual and seemed to be firing very heavily on the right and did so about 7.00pm. Trenches improved, parapets repaired, communications improved.