Background
William Mosedale was born in 1894, in Highgate, Birmingham.
William Mosedale was born in 1894, in Highgate, Birmingham.
He attended Sherbourne Road Board School in nearby Balsall Heath from the ages of three to thirteen.
He then started work as a Tinsmith and Carriage Lamp Maker. In 1910 Mosedale lied about his age so that he could join the 5th Royal Irish Lancers. In 1914 Mosedale took up a job with the City of Birmingham Fire Brigade.
In 2008 Mosedale was commemorated by the naming of a street, Mosedale Way (5246951°North 190378°West / 5246951.
-190378), in his memory. The street is in the Central Park development off Lee Bank Middleway in Ladywood, Birmingham.
Hissey, Terry – Come if ye Dare – The Civil Defence George Crosses, (2008), Civil Defence Association ().