Francis Benton Moore [right]

Photograph

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Greene Connections

Name/Title

Francis Benton Moore [right]

Entry/Object ID

2020.1.3

Description

An Unidentified soldier [Left] and Francis Benton Moore [Right] standing amid rubble in France during World War I. Francis Benton Moore was a member of Company K, 110th Infantry, 28th Division. He was killed in action 29 July 1918 near Cierges, France. Original, candid.

Collection

Elizabeth Taylor Collection

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1918

Lexicon

Search Terms

Military, Moore family, Rain Day Boys, Veterans--World War I, United States. Army. Infantry Division, 28th. Regiment, 110th. Company K.

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

Other Number: TAYL-AN001-0003

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Moore, Francis Benton [1893-1918]

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Moore Series - Elizabeth Taylor Collection

Acquisition Method

Digital

Notes

The Elizabeth Taylor Collection photographs and documents were assembled by Elizabeth Taylor whose young beau, Francis Moore, was a Private First Class in Company K, 110th Infantry, 28th Division, American Expeditionary Forces during World War I. Francis was killed in action 29 July 1918, on Hill No. 212 near Grimpettes Woods, in France, during the heavy fighting of the Champaigne-Marne Offensive. Elizabeth Taylor passed her mementos of Francis Moore to her nephew H. Taylor who owned and shared the items with the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project in 2013. Source Citation: Francis Benton Moore [right] - Company K, 110th Infantry, 28th Division, World War I, item no. TAYL-AN001-0003, Elizabeth Taylor Collection, shared by H. Taylor, Greene Connections Archives Project (www.GreeneConnections.com).