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Lance Corporal JOHN ALBERT MORRIS

Service Number: 5357
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Fusiliers

20th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 November 1916

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GROVE TOWN CEMETERY, MEAULTE

II. F. 30.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George and Annie Morris; husband of Jane Morris, of 24, Ashton Rd., Blackpool. Native of Blackpool.
  • Personal Inscription FAREWELL BELOVED TILL THE MORNING BREAKS AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

GROVE TOWN CEMETERY, MEAULTE
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1395
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