I met Trevor Moxon at the Remembrance Sunday Parade in 2021. He was at "The Soldiers" pub early on in his military uniform. We spoke about his long career in the Air Force and the Army. He had previously been the Parade Marshal, but this year handed the baton to someone else.
Trevor Moxon. Image © Jonathan Straight 2021
Trevor had joined the RAF in 1958 and served for five years, half of the time he was stationed in Germany. After leaving, he could not settle and so joined the Army, spending 13 years with them. He served in Aden, Malaya and Berlin as well as being in various places around the UK: Tidworth, Shrewsbury, Westbury and Warminster.
Although he always lived in South Elmsall, Trevor was in fact born in Upton and moved across when he was just a baby.
Trevor met his wife while working in Berlin, but she hails from Durham. They met as she worked for the NAAFI. Despite his many postings, he says they were hardly ever separated, the only time they were apart being the nine weeks he spent in Malaya. He now has two daughters, four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Not wanting to leave the Army, Trevor was made redundant in the 1970s. He says there were a series of redundancies, apparently to make way for younger recruits. By this time he was Clerk of Small Arms at the School of Infantry in Warminster. He held the rank of colour sergeant.
On leaving the Army, Trevor settled in South Elmsall and worked as leisure officer at the local Minsthorpe Swimming Pool.