Eric Moxey

Squadron Leader Eric Lawrence Moxey GC (14 April 1894 – 27 August 1940) was a member 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.

Biography
Moxey was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil to English parents and educated in England, at Malvern School and Sheffield University.

27 August 1940
After a Luftwaffe raid on the aerodrome at Biggin Hill on 27 August 1940, Moxey, then an Acting Squadron Leader, volunteered to remove the unexploded bombs which had buried themselves into an airfield. While he attempted to clear them, one exploded, killing him instantly.

A 46 year old member of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve he was employed as a technical intelligence officer at the Air Ministry.

George Cross citation
His citation, which appeared in the London Gazette of 17 December 1940 -

His son, Nigel Hall Moxey, also died on service.