Inquiry into tragic death of Alexandria schoolteacher to begin

An inquiry into the loss of life of a Vale schoolteacher who was killed in a tree felling accident will begin subsequent week.

Former Royal Marine Chris Moses, of Cardross, tragically died on the age of 37 whereas finishing up work in Rhu.

Police and an air ambulance rushed to Artarman Street, close to Helensburgh at round 3.35pm on January 12, 2020 following the incident.

The favored maths instructor labored on the Vale of Leven Academy in Alexandria and information of his tragic passing devastated his associates, household and colleagues.

Plans for a deadly accident inquiry into his loss of life have been first confirmed in 2020 and a date has now been set for Thursday, July 28.

The inquiry will happen at Dumbarton Sheriff Court docket.

Following his loss of life, tributes to Chris flooded in, together with from HMNB Clyde in Helensburgh, the place he was based mostly throughout his 13 years as a Royal Marine.

Chris Moses, was a teacher at Vale of Leven Academy when he died at a property in Rhu where he was working as a tree surgeon.
Chris Moses, was a instructor at Vale of Leven Academy when he died at a property in Rhu the place he was working as a tree surgeon. (Picture: web unknown)

A spokesman on the time mentioned: “Chris was a devoted Royal Marine who served in each Iraq and Afghanistan in addition to with 43 Commando Fleet Safety Group at HM Naval Base Clyde. His loss of life has come as a shock to these of us on the naval base who had the privilege to work alongside him and he can be sadly missed.

“The ideas and sympathies of the naval service exit to his household and associates at this extraordinarily tough time.”

Vale of Leven Academy headteacher, Matthew Boyle, additionally paid tribute to Chris, hailing him as ‘brilliant, cheerful and passionate’.

He mentioned: “We're deeply saddened by the tragic lack of Chris and everybody within the faculty is discovering this tough to grasp. The ideas of our entire faculty group are with Chris’s household and associates at this devastating time.

“Chris had been working on the academy for nearly a 12 months, initially as a pupil after which as a probationer. He was brilliant, cheerful, and enthusiastic about his new profession in educating and his chosen topic, maths.

“He was a beautiful man and can be missed each by colleagues and the pupils he labored with throughout the college.”

Final 12 months pupils and workers on the Vale of Leven Academy took half in a fundraiser in his honour. The ‘Chris Moses 5k’ raised funds for Y Kind it (West Dunbartonshire Younger Carers) and RSPB Loch Lomond.

Personnel from Faslane-based 43 Commando Fleet Safety Group additionally honoured the previous Royal Marine by collaborating in a gruelling problem final 12 months, elevating greater than £8,000 for causes near his coronary heart – The Royal Marines Charity and Erskine.

They accomplished the Moses Mountain Marathon regardless of wind, sleet, rain, snow and moist and undulating terrain up Beinn a’ Mhanaich within the Luss hills.

It was a becoming tribute to Chris who was a eager cross-country runner and was closely concerned with Helensburgh Athletics Membership.

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