SAS Moore, Terence Victor

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Moore ​

• FORENAME

Terence Victor ​

• UNIT

Special Raiding Squadron (2 Troop) ​

• RANK

Lance Bombardier ​

• NUMBER

4539369 ​

• AWARD

Military Medal ​

• PLACE

Italy 1943 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

parent unit Royal Artillery​

former 2/5 West Yorkshire Regiment and Royal Engineers​

L Detachment SAS 1942 (Gunner)​

1 SAS (A Squadron) 1942-43 (Gunner)​

Special Raiding Squadron (2 Troop) 1943 (L/Bdr)​

1 SAS (A Squadron - SSM) 1944-45 (WOII)​

London Gazette 36349, 27th January 1944, Page 519​

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[ScottWest]

• SURNAME

Moore ​

• FORENAME

Terence Victor ​

• UNIT

Special Raiding Squadron (2 Troop) ​

• RANK

Lance Bombardier ​

• NUMBER

4539369 ​

• AWARD

Military Medal ​

• PLACE

Italy 1943 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

parent unit Royal Artillery​

former 2/5 West Yorkshire Regiment and Royal Engineers​

L Detachment SAS 1942 (Gunner)​

1 SAS (A Squadron) 1942-43 (Gunner)​

Special Raiding Squadron (2 Troop) 1943 (L/Bdr)​

1 SAS (A Squadron - SSM) 1944-45 (WOII)​

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Do you have any additional information or pictures of Terence Victor Moore. He is my great Uncle on my dad's side of the family. Thanks

 

[ScottWest]

I found your site on the Battle of Termoli and thought to add a little information about my Uncle Terence Victor Moore who was part of the SRS and received a special award of the Military Medal during the capture of the Port of Termoli. Here is his obituary and in it list his citation he received during the operation DEON:

Terence Victor Moore joined the Territorial Army in 1939 with the 2nd/5th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment mobilised in 1939. He saw service overseas with this regiment together with the royal engineers and Royal Artillery regiments. In 1942 he responded to the appeal for volunteers to undertake hazardous duties which led to the formation of I Detachment 1st Special Air Service Brigade under the command of Major David Sterling DSO and Captain R B (Paddy) Mayne DSO. He saw service with this Regiment in the Middle East, Africa, Sicily, Italy, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Norway and the United Kingdom.

In October 1943 now serving with the re-named Special Raiding Squadron. He took part in Operation DEON to capture the Port of Termoli and assist the 8th Army to breach the �Termoli Line�. The town was captured but later came under heavy bombardment from a German counter-attack. A citation reads as follows:

�After some heavy and severe fighting Lance Corporal Moore was ordered out to a flank to maintain wireless communication with troops on the left of his Section. To do this he had to take up position ground swept by enemy machine gun fire and shelled by counter artillery and mortar fire. His only protection was a small building against which he lay and which during the afternoon received six direct hits. Despite this he maintained contact right to the end. Throughout his devotion to duty his courage and cheerfulness was an example to all.�

This document was signed by Major Mayne the Commanding Officer of the Special Raiding Squadron and countersigned by Field Marshal B L Mountgomery for a special award of the Military Medal.

It was in 1944 that he parachuted into France to assist the French Marquis with whom he established strong bonds of friendship which remained until his death. By 1945 he had attained the rank of Squadron Sergeant Major and later became attached to the Sherwood Foresters Regiment when the Special Air Service Regiment s were disbanded.

Demobilised in August 1946, Terry Moore saw service with the Queen Victoria TA from 1947 until 1957 again attaining the Rank of Company Sergeant Major. He was until recently Honorary Secretary to the Queen Victoria Rifles Association and Committee members also undertook fond raising in respect of Rifleman�s Aid a cherity for former riflemen who had fallen on hard times.

In the 1950�s he went to South Africa and Rhodesia to join his war-time commanding Officer, Lieutenant Colonel David Stirling, who had set up the Capricorn Africa Society. After some three years he returned to England and resumed in Freemasonry with the Bloomsbury Rifles Lodge. For his unstinting generous and sterling work he was honoured with the Rank of Grand Officer.