James Inglis Moore was born in 1911. He read engineering at St. John's College, Cambridge, and in 1932, participated in the Cambridge University Expedition to West Spitsbergen, sailing from Kings Lynn in a thirty ton fishing smack. He joined the British Graham Land Expedition, 1934-1937 (leader John Rymill), as second engineer in Penola . He became a member of the shore party base, but was unable to participate in major sledge journeys due to frostbite.
After the expedition, he emigrated to South Africa, remaining in Africa for twenty-seven years. During the Second World War, he served with the South African Engineers in Abyssinia and with the Eighth Army from El Alamein onwards, for which he was awarded the MBE. He later became chief mechanical engineer to the Kenyan government, retiring to Cornwall in 1964. He died on 8 March 1969.
From the guide to the James Moore collection, 1932-1936, (Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge)
