Source: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland.
He was the son of Martin and Ellen Moran. The 1911 census records for 32, Logan Street, Market Harborough, Leics. Martin Moran, head of the family, married 34 years and a Bricklayer, born 1857 in Ballinhoe, Balla, County Mayo, Ireland, and his wife Ellen, born 1855 in Rotherham, Yorks., also Ellen, daughter, single and an Eyeleter, born 1880 in Rotherham, Yorks., James Edward, son, single and a Bricklayer, born 1882 in Rotherham, Yorks., Ethel Moran, daughter, single and a Dressmaker, born 1887 in Sheffield, Yorks., Florence, daughter, single and a Dressmaker, born 1890 in Hudderfield, Yorks. and Maggie, daughter, single and a Footer, born 1892 in Huddersfield, Yorks. The War Diary for today records. Billeting party left the line for Quartermasters stores prior to relief.