| 词条 | Eric Moxey |
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| name = Eric Lawrence Moxey | image = Eric Lawrence Moxey 2.png | image_size = | alt = | caption = | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1894|4|14}} | birth_place = Sao Paulo, Brazil | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1940|8|27|1894|4|14}} | death_place = Biggin Hill, England | placeofburial = St. Peter & St. Paul, Cudham, Orpington, Kent, | allegiance = United Kingdom | branch = British Army Royal Air Force | serviceyears = | rank = Squadron Leader | servicenumber = 73498 | unit = | commands = | battles = First World War Second World War | awards = George Cross | relations = | laterwork = }}Eric Lawrence Moxey, GC (14 April 1894 – 27 August 1940) was an officer of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve who was posthumously awarded the George Cross for attempting to defuse enemy bombs on an airfield in 1940.[1] Early life and familyMoxey was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil to English parents, William Hall Moxey, Director of the Sao Paulo Railway Company and Margaret Moxey. He was educated in England, at Malvern School and Sheffield University, whilst working at Vickers Limited in the city. He was a keen motorcyclist and achieved some successes at Brooklands and the Isle of Man TT[2] where he won a gold medal as a top placed amateur.[3] At the outbreak of the First World War in 1914, he entered the British Army to serve in the infantry. Moxey saw action on the first day of the Somme as a Lieutenant in the 7th Platoon of the 12th York and Lancaster Regiment (Sheffield City Battalion) and was one of four men to return that day. He remained in the Army, rising to the rank of Captain until 1917 where he transferred to the Royal Flying Corps. In 1916 he married May Arthur Clark, daughter of William Clark, then managing director of Vickers, and sister to Captain William S Clark, who fought alongside Moxey in the First World War and fell on the first day of the Somme. In 1919 he left the Royal Flying Corps and returned to Sheffield to act as Sales Director for Vickers where he remained until 1926 at which point he became Managing Director of the New Conveyor Company in Smethwick.[4] In 1935 he formed the Moxey Conveyor Company which later became Babcock Moxey which in turn was purchased by Claudius Peters, one of the Langley Holdings companies. He and May had four children:
Second World WarAfter the outbreak of war Moxey volunteered and was posted to the RAF Intelligence as part of the "Special Duties" team where he was tasked with bomb disposal and became a pioneer in the investigation of enemy bombs and armaments. While there he invented the "Fuze Extractor", the original safe defusing device for German bombs [7] After a Luftwaffe raid on the aerodrome at Biggin Hill on 27 August 1940, Moxey, then an acting squadron leader, was called to remove the unexploded bombs which had buried themselves into a runway. He successfully dealt with one bomb, opening the runway up to RAF fighter pilots to defend the capital. However, when he attempted to clear the second, it exploded, killing him instantly. It was for this act he was awarded the George Cross, becoming the first person to be awarded the medal posthumously. His citation, which appeared in the London Gazette of 17 December 1940, read:[8] {{Quotation|The King has been graciously pleased to approve of the posthumous award of the George Cross to :—Acting Squadron Leader Eric Lawrence Moxey (73498), Royal Air Force Volunteer reserve. On the 27th August, 1940, it was reported that two unexploded bombs were embedded in an aerodrome. Squadron Leader Moxey, a technical intelligence officer employed at the Air Ministry, immediately volunteered to proceed to the site and remove them, though from the nature of his duties he was very fully aware of the risk entailed in such an operation. One of the bombs exploded causing his death. On many occasions Squadron Leader Moxey has exhibited similar complete disregard for his personal safety.}} He has since been remembered with a road named in his honour on a housing development beside Biggin Hill Aerodrome.[9] References1. ^WW2 Awards – Moxey, Eric Laurence 2. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.iomtt.com/TT-Database/competitors.aspx?ride_id=205|title=E L Moxey – Competitors – Isle of Man TT Official Website|website=www.iomtt.com|access-date=2016-06-05}} 3. ^{{Find a Grave|10802021|Eric Lawrence Moxey (1894–1940)}}. Retrieved 22 May 2010. 4. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/New_Conveyor_Co|title=New Conveyor Co|website=www.gracesguide.co.uk|access-date=2016-06-05}} 5. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=59420840|title=Pilot Officer ( Pilot ) Nigel Hall Moxey ( – 1942) – Find A Grave Memorial|publisher=Find a Grave |access-date=2016-06-05}} 6. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/44/a4053944.shtml|title=BBC – WW2 People's War D-Day a bird in the water}} 7. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205049825|title=THE WORK OF RAF BOMB DISPOSAL SQUADS IN THE UK AND GERMANY DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR.|website=Imperial War Museums|access-date=2016-06-05}} 8. ^London gazette 17 December 1940 9. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.bigginhill-history.co.uk/leavesdenmoxey.htm|title=Moxey|website=www.bigginhill-history.co.uk|access-date=2016-06-05}} Further reading
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