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{{Personnel
|Surname and forenames=Morris Thomas William
|Army number=4454468
|Rank=Pte.
|Unit=Durham Light Infantry, No enlistment date, Posted 11th Bn DLI, Prisoner of War 27/7/1940, Discharged under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xviii)A 21/1/1946. R/E DLI J Group 28/5/1947.
|Prisoner of War=20B 13101
|Source table=11DLI
}}

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 |Surname and forenames=Morris Thomas William
 |Army number=4454468
-|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry. No exact enlistment date as yet, but his Regimental Number suggests Spring 1939.  His Security Questionnaire showed 4/4/1939 (second version indicated 29/8/1939 which looked unlikely and may have been an embodiment date).  Posted to the 8th Battalion DLI on enlistment.  Posted to the 11th Bn DLI - probably 1/9/1939 on the embodiment of the Battalion.  Served with the British Expeditionary Force in Northern France in early 1940.  Taken Prisoner of War 27/7/1940 (some records, including his Military Intelligence Questionnaire - completed on 19/5/1945 - show 31/5/1940) near Lille.  Returned to the UK at the end of hostilities. Posted to ? Battalion DLI.  Discharged under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xviii)A 21/1/1946.  Re-Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry J Group 28/5/1947.
+|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry. No exact enlistment date as yet, but his Regimental Number suggests Spring 1939.  His Security Questionnaire showed 4/4/1939 (second version indicated 29/8/1939 which looked unlikely and may have been an embodiment date).  Posted to the 8th Battalion DLI on enlistment.  Posted to the 11th Bn DLI - probably 1/9/1939 on the embodiment of the Battalion.  Served with the British Expeditionary Force in Northern France in early 1940.  Taken Prisoner of War 27/7/1940 (some records, including his Military Intelligence Questionnaire - completed on 19/5/1945 - show 21/5/1940) near Lille - which seems more likely.  Returned to the UK at the end of hostilities. Posted to ? Battalion DLI.  Discharged under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xviii)A 21/1/1946.  Re-Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry J Group 28/5/1947.
 |Prisoner of War=Held at Stalag XXA Thorn, Poland, from 6/6/1940 to 20/3/1941, then Stalag 20B - West Prussia - from 6/4/1941 to 20/1/1945 and finally Stalag 2A - New Brandenburg - from 25/3/1945 to 28/4/1945.  Thomas also worked in a PoW Work Camp - at Marienburg - from 6/5/1941 to 6/3/1942 and from 28/3/1942 to 20/1/1945 - on farming duties. PoW Number 13101.
 |Source table=11DLI
 |Rank=Private.
-|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards.
+|Decorations=Standard Service Awards plus Territorial Efficiency Decoration.
 |Date of birth=Born 9/12/1920.
 |Age=68 at the time of his death.
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 |Promotions=None as far as is known.
 |Wounded=Not as far as is known.
-|Died/Killed in action=Actual date of death not yet known, but registered in September 1989 in Northumberland Central.
+|Died/Killed in action=Actual date of death not yet known, but it was registered in September 1989 in Northumberland Central.
-|Home address=No family details as yet.
+|Home address=His Questionnaire showed a home address of 23 Goodyears Cnt, New Durham, Durham City.
 }}
 Thanks are due to Jim Tuckwell for drawing attention to a record in The National Archives, and for providing further information.

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 |Surname and forenames=Morris Thomas William
 |Army number=4454468
-|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry. No exact enlistment date as yet, but his Regimental Number suggests Spring 1939.  His Security Questionnaire showed 4/4/1939 (second version indicated 29/8/1939 which looked unlikely and may have been an embodiment date).  Posted to the 8th Battalion DLI on enlistment.  Posted to the 11th Bn DLI - probably 1/9/1939 on the embodiment of the Battalion.  Served with the British Expeditionary Force in Northern France in early 1940.  Taken Prisoner of War 27/7/1940 (some records, including his Military Intelligence Questionnaire show 31/5/1940) near Lille.  Returned to the UK at the end of hostilities. Posted to ? Battalion DLI.  Discharged under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xviii)A 21/1/1946.  Re-Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry J Group 28/5/1947.
+|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry. No exact enlistment date as yet, but his Regimental Number suggests Spring 1939.  His Security Questionnaire showed 4/4/1939 (second version indicated 29/8/1939 which looked unlikely and may have been an embodiment date).  Posted to the 8th Battalion DLI on enlistment.  Posted to the 11th Bn DLI - probably 1/9/1939 on the embodiment of the Battalion.  Served with the British Expeditionary Force in Northern France in early 1940.  Taken Prisoner of War 27/7/1940 (some records, including his Military Intelligence Questionnaire - completed on 19/5/1945 - show 31/5/1940) near Lille.  Returned to the UK at the end of hostilities. Posted to ? Battalion DLI.  Discharged under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xviii)A 21/1/1946.  Re-Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry J Group 28/5/1947.
-|Prisoner of War=Held at Stalag XXA Thorn, and 20B.  PoW Number 13101.
+|Prisoner of War=Held at Stalag XXA Thorn, Poland, from 6/6/1940 to 20/3/1941, then Stalag 20B - West Prussia - from 6/4/1941 to 20/1/1945 and finally Stalag 2A - New Brandenburg - from 25/3/1945 to 28/4/1945.  Thomas also worked in a PoW Work Camp - at Marienburg - from 6/5/1941 to 6/3/1942 and from 28/3/1942 to 20/1/1945 - on farming duties. PoW Number 13101.
 |Source table=11DLI
 |Rank=Private.

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 |Surname and forenames=Morris Thomas William
 |Army number=4454468
-|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry. No exact enlistment date as yet, but his Regimental Number suggests 1938/39.  Posted ? 8th Battalion.  Posted 11th Bn DLI - probably 1/9/1939.  Served with the British Expeditionary Force in Northern France in early 1940.  Taken Prisoner of War 27/7/1940 (some records show 31/5/1940) near Lille.  Returned to the UK at the end of hostilities. Posted to ? Battalion DLI.  Discharged under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xviii)A 21/1/1946.  Re-Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry J Group 28/5/1947.
+|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry. No exact enlistment date as yet, but his Regimental Number suggests Spring 1939.  His Security Questionnaire showed 4/4/1939 (second version indicated 29/8/1939 which looked unlikely and may have been an embodiment date).  Posted to the 8th Battalion DLI on enlistment.  Posted to the 11th Bn DLI - probably 1/9/1939 on the embodiment of the Battalion.  Served with the British Expeditionary Force in Northern France in early 1940.  Taken Prisoner of War 27/7/1940 (some records, including his Military Intelligence Questionnaire show 31/5/1940) near Lille.  Returned to the UK at the end of hostilities. Posted to ? Battalion DLI.  Discharged under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xviii)A 21/1/1946.  Re-Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry J Group 28/5/1947.
 |Prisoner of War=Held at Stalag XXA Thorn, and 20B.  PoW Number 13101.
 |Source table=11DLI
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 |Date of birth=Born 9/12/1920.
 |Age=68 at the time of his death.
-|Company/Battery=Not yet known.
+|Company/Battery=HQ Company.
 |Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known.
 |Task or role=Probably Rifleman.
-|Joined Brigade=Date not yet confirmed but almost certainly 1/9/1939.
+|Joined Brigade=Almost certainly 1/9/1939.
 |Promotions=None as far as is known.
 |Wounded=Not as far as is known.
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 }}
-Thanks to Jim Tuckwell for drawing attention to a record in The National Archives.
+Thanks are due to Jim Tuckwell for drawing attention to a record in The National Archives, and for providing further information.