# Guy Borthwick Moore > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Guy_Borthwick_Moore > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Guy_Borthwick_Moore.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Borthwick_Moore > Source revision: 1352941398 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Guy Borthwick Moore Born (1895-05-28)28 May 1895 Mattawa, Ontario, Canada Died 7 April 1918(1918-04-07) (aged 22) Hollebeke Arras Flying Services Memorial Pas de Calais, France Allegiance George V of the British Empire Branch Royal Flying Corps Service years 1916 - 1918 Rank Captain Unit No. 1 Squadron RFC/No. 1 Squadron RAF Awards Military Cross Captain **Guy Borthwick Moore** (1895–1918) was a Canadian World War I [flying ace](/source/Flying_ace) credited with ten aerial victories. ## Biography See also: [Aerial victory standards of World War I](/source/Aerial_victory_standards_of_World_War_I) Moore lived in [Vancouver](/source/Vancouver) and attended the [University of British Columbia](/source/University_of_British_Columbia) from 1913 to 1916, gaining a BA. He was an oarsman and a rugby player. He became a [lieutenant](/source/Lieutenant) in the [Irish Fusiliers of Canada](/source/The_Irish_Fusiliers_of_Canada_(The_Vancouver_Regiment)) in 1916, and a Cadet in the [Royal Flying Corps](/source/Royal_Flying_Corps) (RFC) as of December 1916. He voyaged to England the following month. He was commissioned a [second lieutenant](/source/Second_lieutenant) in the RFC on 26 April 1917, and appointed a [Flying Officer](/source/Flying_Officer) on 8 June 1917. He finished his pilot's training in August 1917.[1] Moore joined [No. 1 Squadron RFC](/source/No._1_Squadron_RFC) on 16 August 1917[2] as a [Nieuport](/source/Nieuport) fighter pilot. He scored his first victory on 2 October, sharing it with fellow ace [Herbert Hamilton](/source/Herbert_Hamilton). Moore would score twice more with a Nieuport, on 17 December 1917 and 4 January 1918; then he would upgrade to a [Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5a](/source/Royal_Aircraft_Factory_SE.5). He was also promoted to [flight commander](/source/Flight_commander). He would use his new mount to cooperate in the destruction of a German [Pfalz D.III](/source/Pfalz_D.III) on 13 March, sharing the win with Hamilton, [Harry Rigby](/source/Harry_Rigby_(aviator)), [Percy Jack Clayson](/source/Percy_Jack_Clayson), and four other pilots. On 28 March, Moore notched a double victory, sharing one of the wins with [Francis Magoun](/source/Francis_Magoun). A summary of Moore's record shows six enemy airplanes destroyed (two of which were shared wins), and four driven down out of control (one of which was shared).[3][4] Moore was killed on 7 April 1918, when a German anti-aircraft shell blew up his airplane.[2] He was awarded a posthumous [Military Cross](/source/Military_Cross).[3][5] ## Honors and awards **Military Cross (MC)** T./Capt. Guy Borthwick Moore, Gen. List and R.F.C. For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He led a patrol to attack hostile balloons. The patrol drove down three balloons in a collapsed condition, one of which he accounted for himself. He has also destroyed three enemy aeroplanes and driven down three others out of control. He has always shown splendid courage and resource. (Supplement to the London Gazette, 13 May 1918)[5] ## Sources of information 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Ancestry.com webwite [\[1\]](https://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~anncarson/Borthwick/borthwickinthemiddle.htm) Retrieved 25 February 2010. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-aces_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-aces_2-1) *Nieuport Aces of World War I*. p. 19. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-aero_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-aero_3-1) The Aerodrome website [\[2\]](http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/canada/moore2.php) Retrieved 25 February 2010. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** *Above the Trenches: a Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the British Empire Air Forces 1915–1920*, p. 285. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-gazette_5-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-gazette_5-1) Supplement to the London Gazette, 10 May 1918, p. 5701. [\[3\]](http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/30681/supplements/5701) Retrieved 25 February 2010. ## References - *Nieuport Aces of World War 1.* [Norman Franks](/source/Norman_Franks). Osprey Publishing, 2000. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [1-85532-961-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-85532-961-1), [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-85532-961-4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-85532-961-4). - *Above the Trenches: a Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the British Empire Air Forces 1915–1920.* Christopher Shores, Norman Franks, Russell Guest. Grub Street, 1990. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-948817-19-9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-948817-19-9) v t e Aviation in World War I People and aircraft Commanders Aces (accuracy) Aircraft of the Entente Powers Aircraft of the Central Powers Zeppelins Campaigns and battles Strategic bombing German Cuxhaven Bombing of cities Aerial reconnaissance Fokker Scourge Zonguldak Istanbul Flight over Vienna Bloody April Battles Entente Powers air services Belgian Air Component British air services Royal Flying Corps Royal Naval Air Service Royal Air Force Australian Flying Corps Canadian Air Force (1918–1920) French Air Service Imperial Russian Air Service Royal Italian Air Corps Romanian Air Corps Serbian Air Force United States Army Air Service Greek air services Army Air Service Naval Air Service Japanese air services Imperial Japanese Army Air Service Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service Central Powers air services Imperial German Air Service Austro-Hungarian Imperial and Royal Aviation Troops Ottoman Aviation Squadrons Bulgarian Army Aeroplane Section Authority control databases: People Commonwealth War Graves Commission --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Guy Borthwick Moore](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Borthwick_Moore) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Borthwick_Moore?action=history)). 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