Date of Birth
Unknown
College
Borough Road College
Job(s)
Teacher at Larkhall Lane, Clapton; Science Master at Hugh Myddleton School
Service number
TF/3287
WW1 rank
Private, Machine Gunner
Middlesex Regiment, 1/7th Battalion
Theatre of war
Egypt and Europe
Date of death
7 October 1916
Location of death
Battle of the Somme
Buried/memorial
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France (Grave/Memorial reference: Pier and Face 12D and 13B)
Biography
Private Joseph Frederick Ore attended Borough Road College for two years from 1900-1902, where he succeeded in sciences, graduating from the college with an Intermediate Science classification. He is listed as being destined for a boarding school at Larkhall Lane, Clapton. Ore then went on to be a science master at Hugh Myddleton School in London. In September 1914 Ore signed up for the 1st Battalion, Middlesex Regiment. Initially he served as a machine gunner on an armored train in Egypt fighting against the Sennusi, but in 1916 his battalion was transferred to France. Ore was killed at the Battle of the Somme on 7 October 1916. Ore’s wife E M Ore unveiled the war memorial at Borough Road College on 14 May 1921.
Sources
Entry on p.85 [Roll of Honour page], Mentioned on Framed Borough Road College Roll of Honour, Borough Road College 1899 applications (1), BRCSYG35, Secondary source information provided by Douglas Craik (taken from Commonwealth War Graves Commission), The O.B.’s War Hum and Roll of Service (1918, 4th Edition)