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Mossop, C S


Tourlaville Communal Cemetery and Extension

Tourlaville Communal Cemetery and Extension, near Cherbourg

Family memorial in St Clement's churchyard, Jersey

Commemorated on family memorial in St Clement's Churchyard, Jersey
OV Memorial, Jersey
St Lawrence Parish Memorial, Jersey
St Helier Parish Church Memorial, Jersey

Younger son of Mr & Mrs Charles Mossop of Cambray, Millbrook, Jersey
Awarded his DSC for bombing and sinking the German mine laying submarine UB32 in August 1917. Educated at Victoria College.

Died of accidental injuries received whilst flying at Port-en-Bassin when the tail plane of his machine collapsed in mid-air and he nose dived into the water, aged 20 years.


(Pictures courtesy of Mike & Rosemarie Thomas)


Charles Stanley Mossop

Lieutenant Charles Stanley Mossop, D.S.C.
243 Squadron, Royal Air Force
12/08/1918

Lt. Charles Stanley Mossop, D.S.C.
(Photograph by Charlie Mossop on the 100th anniversary of Lt. Mossop's death)

Notice of Death appears in Jersey Evening Post of Thursday 15 August 1918

Commonwealth War Graves Commission Record

NEWS ITEM in Jersey Evening Post of Monday 29 October 1917

Old Victorian Gains Distinguished Service Cross. Hearty congratulations to Mr & Mrs C Mossop whose son, Flight Sub-Lieutenant C S Mossop, has been awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for a very plucky and gallant action, the particulars of which, though not yet officially published, are generally known locally.

NEWS ITEM in Jersey Evening Post of Tuesday 13 August 1918

Jersey Flying Officer Dies of Injuries. On Saturday afternoon a large number of local people noticed a sea-plane pass over the Island and land outside the harbour. The officer in charge, it is an open secret, was Flight Lieutenant C S Mossop who visited his parents Mr & Mrs C S Mossop of Commercial Buildings and his brother, Captain E Mossop of the Royal Air Force now on leave in the Island. We regret to state that this morning the parents received a wire that their son had been seriously injured whilst flying and was in hospital in France, the telegram added that the injuries would probably not be of a fatal nature. LATER. We regret to learn that the gallant young officer has succumbed to his injuries.

NEWS ITEM in Jersey Evening Post of Wednesday 14 August 1918

The Accident to a Jersey Flying Officer - Flight Lieutenant Mossop Succumbs to his Injuries. As we stated yesterday Mr & Mrs C S Mossop of Commercial Buildings during the afternoon received a telegram conveying the news that their son, Flight Lieutenant C S Mossop of the Royal Air Force, had succumbed to the injuries he received in a sea-plane accident in France. Thus by the irony of fate the gallant officer, who had previously been awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for services in action with enemy submarines, has lost his life within a few hours of paying a flying visit to his home and family. The deceased officer was educated at Victoria College from 1907-14 and with his brother, Captain E Mossop of the Royal Air Force, took up engineering work in England and shortly after the outbreak of war they both joined the RNAS. Stanley Mossop, as he was known to his intimate friends, was a splendid young fellow and a most promising officer, his parents, to whom the sympathy of all will go out, have the satisfaction of knowing that he died doing his duty and that before his career was so tragically cut short he had given of his best to his King and Country.

NEWS ITEM in Jersey Evening Post of Thursday 15 August 1918

The Late Lieutenant C S Mossop DSC to be Buried at Cherbourg. The funeral of the late Lieutenant C S Mossop of the Royal Air Force takes place today at Cherbourg. The bereaved parents and brother being present at the interment. Mr C Mossop's stores at Commercial Buildings are closed for the day.