Morris Harold Lance Corporal 4277397 - Revision history

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{{personnel
|Surname and forenames=Morris Harold
|Army number=4277397
|Rank=Lance Corporal
|Decorations=
|Date of birth=Date not yet known.
|Age=35
|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. Served Malaya. DIED 15/11/1944 - location in Japan not known.
|Company/Battery=Not yet known.
|Task or role=
|Promotions=
|Wounded=
|Prisoner of War=Yes - captured 15/2/1942 at Singapore.
|Died/Killed in action=DIED 15/11/1944 - cause of death not yet known.
|Home address=Son of Joseph and Daisy Morris of Newcastle upon Tyne. NO details of initial interment. Re-interred in grave M.B.11. British Section, Yokohama War Cemetery.
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 |Rank=Lance Corporal
 |Decorations=None known.
-|Date of birth=Date not yet known.
+|Date of birth=20/5/1912 (this suggests that his age at death might have been recorded incorrectly by CWGC).  Birth registered Q2 1912 Newcastle upon Tyne.
-|Age=35 at the time of his death.
+|Age=35 at the time of his death (possibly should read 32).
-|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers.  Posted to the 9th Battalion.  Served Malaya.  DIED 15/11/1944 at Iruka Camp in Japan.
+|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers.  Posted to the 9th Battalion.  Served B.E.F.?  Served Malaya.  DIED 15/11/1944 at Iruka Camp in Japan.
 |Company/Battery=Not yet known.
 |Task or role=Not yet known.
-|Promotions=L/Cpl.
+|Promotions=Lance Corporal.
 |Wounded=Yes - injured in mine accident at the surface in Iruka and died of those multiple injuries.
-|Prisoner of War=Yes - captured 15/2/1942 at Singapore.
+|Prisoner of War=Yes - captured 15/2/1942 at Singapore when the force was surrendered.
-|Died/Killed in action=DIED 15/11/1944 - cause of death - multiple injuries from surface accident at mine.  Cremated at Iruka 16/11/1944 - service conducted by Lieutenant Wadsworth, Royal Corps of Signals.  No details of initial interment of the ashes - details inscribed on urn.  Urn interred in British wall niche, Yokohama Mausoleum.    Urn re-interred in grave M.B.11. British Section, Yokohama War Cemetery.  Headstone inscription reads - "AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER YOU".
+|Died/Killed in action=DIED 15/11/1944 - cause of death - multiple injuries from surface accident at mine.  Cremated at Iruka 16/11/1944 - service conducted by Lieutenant Wadsworth, Royal Corps of Signals.  Initial interment of the ashes - details inscribed on urn.  Urn interred 9/3/1946 in British wall niche, Yokohama Mausoleum.    Urn re-interred 16/9/1946 in Grave M.B.11. British Section, Yokohama War Cemetery.  Headstone inscription reads - "AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER YOU".  Probate granted 11/5/1946 at Newcastle upon Tyne to Joseph Morris, retired electrician (Harold's father).
-|Home address=Son of Joseph and Daisy Morris of Newcastle upon Tyne.
+|Home address=Son of Joseph and Daisy Morris of Newcastle upon Tyne.   At the time of the 1939 General Register he was a single man living with his parents at 101 Dinsdale Road, Newcastle upon Tyne and working as a Clerk with the N.E.E.S.Company.
 }}