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Although the members of the Society are, for the most part, 

 disqualified by age or sex from active participation in the war, 

 many have sons and other near relatives either now serving in 

 His Majesty's Naval or Military Forces or having made the last 

 sacrifice. The brief lists which follow, however, only include the 

 names of those who are, or have been, themselves members of the 

 Society. 



On Active Service. 



SECOND-LIEUT. MONTAGU SHADWORTH SEYMOUR 



MOORE, V.C. 



From his earliest days, Monty Moore, as he is called by his 

 friends, has been interested in Natural History, especially in 

 ornithology and entomology. He soon made himself acquainted 

 with the habitats and forms of birds and with the larvae and 

 imagines of the Lepidoptera of the district. Through the kindness 

 of Mr. H. B. Wells, formerly Chairman of the Microscopical and 

 Zoological Sections, he learnt a good deal about the microscope 

 and the mounting of specimens. At one time, when he contem- 

 plated going in for Economic Entomology as a profession, he 

 showed some of his mounted specimens to Professor Maxwell- 

 Lefroy, at South Kensington, who was much pleased with them. 

 He went to Sandhurst in January, 1916, and joined the Hampshire 

 Regt. in France in the following September. He was on the 

 Somme for a short time, at Hollebeke, at St. Eloi (where he was 

 wounded in June, 1917), and at " Tower Hamlets." He earned 

 the V.C. September 20th, 1917, and has also been awarded the 

 Croix de Guerre by the French. 



The following extract from a supplement to " The London 

 Gazette," dated November 8th, 1917, gives the official account of 

 the conduct which won the V.C. : — 



War Office, 



8th November, 1917. 



His Majesty the King has been graciously pleased to approve 

 of the award of the Victoria Cross to the undermentioned . 



2nd-Lt. Montagu Shadworth Seymour Moore, Hamp. R. 

 For most conspicuous bravery in operations necessitating a fresh 

 attack on a final objective which had not been captured. 



2nd-Lt. Moore at once volunteered for this duty and dashed 

 forward at the head of some 70 men. They were met with heavy 

 machine gun fire from a flank, which caused severe casualties, 

 with the result that he arrived at his objective — some 500 yards 

 on — with only a Sergeant and four men. Nothing daunted he at 

 once bombed a large dug-out and took twenty-eight prisoners, 

 two machine guns and a light field gun. 



Gradually more officers and men arrived, to the number of 

 about 60. His position was entirely isolated as the troops on the 



