Pte
James Morris
Military Details
Service Number: 4340
Regiment & Unit / Ship
2nd Border Regiment
Awards and Medals
The 1914-15 Star
The Victory Medal
Enlistment Details
Rank at Enlistment
Pte
Battalion at Enlistment
2nd
Personal Details
Date of Birth
1892
Place of Birth
Whitehaven, Cumberland
Residence (Census)
Senhouse Street, Whitehaven (Boarder)
Parents
James and Hannah Morris (nee Dobson)
Siblings
William, Thomas, Eugene, Elizabeth,Hannah, Lily
Education and Occupation
Occupation
Rigger
Death and Memorial
Date of Death
17th May 1915
Age at Death
23
Circumstances of Death
Died of Wounds
Place of Death
France
Regiment at Death
Border Regiment
Battalion/Vessel at Death
2nd
Rank at Death
Pte
Notes
Listed as wounded on casualty list from war office (27march 1915). Entitled to wear wounded stripe
Buried or Commemorated at
LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY
France
Grave Position: I. A. 123.
Private Memorial: Primitive Methodists roll of honour/Cleator moor Methodist church
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