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{{Personnel
|id=1263
|Surname and forenames=Morrison Robert
|Army number=4456055
|Rank=Pte
|Age=19
|Unit=DLI, 1 TS
|Died/Killed in action=20/5/1940 00:00:00
|Home address=Son of William Henry and Anne Morrison, Low Fell.
|Source table=1TS
}}

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 |Surname and forenames=Morrison Robert
 |Army number=4456055
-|Rank=Pte
+|Rank=Private.
 |Date of birth=Born 1920/21.
 |Age=19 at the time of his death.
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 |Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known.
 |Task or role=Not known but probably Rifleman.
 |Promotions=None known.
 |Wounded=Not yet known.

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 |Promotions=None known.
 |Wounded=Not yet known.
 |Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
 |Died/Killed in action=KILLED in ACTION 20-May-40.  Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row I, Grave 5, [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]], Ficheux.  His headstone inscription reads: "I WILL DWELL IN THY HOUSE FOR EVER" LOVED, EVER REMEMBERED BY PARENTS, SISTER AND ALL.

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 |Rank=Pte
 |Date of birth=Born 1920/21.
-|Age=19
+|Age=19 at the time of his death.
-|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, but probably Summer 1939.  Posted ? 9th Bn DLI.  Posted ? 12th Bn DLI - probably 1/9/1939.  Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, posted 1 TS.  Served BEF.  KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40, Authority:- L. Casualties.
+|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date as yet, but probably Spring/Summer 1939.  Posted ? 9th Battalion DLI.  Posted ? 12th Battalion DLI - probably 1/9/1939.  Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish.  Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France.  KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40 at Ficheux, Authority:- L. Casualties.
 |Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
-|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40
+|Died/Killed in action=KILLED in ACTION 20-May-40.  Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row I, Grave 5, [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]], Ficheux.  His headstone inscription reads: "I WILL DWELL IN THY HOUSE FOR EVER" LOVED, EVER REMEMBERED BY PARENTS, SISTER AND ALL.
-|Home address=Son of William Henry and Anne Morrison, Low Fell.  Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row I, Grave 5, [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]], Ficheux.
+|Home address=Son of William Henry and Anne Morrison, Low Fell, Gateshead.
 |Image Name=Morrison_R_4456055.JPG
 |Image Title=Pte R Morrison's CWGC headstone.
 |Source table=1TS
 }}

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 |Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
 |Died/Killed in action=20-May-40
-|Home address=Son of William Henry and Anne Morrison, Low Fell.  Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row I, Grave 5, Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux.
+|Home address=Son of William Henry and Anne Morrison, Low Fell.  Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row I, Grave 5, [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]], Ficheux.
 |Image Name=Morrison_R_4456055.JPG
 |Image Title=Pte R Morrison's CWGC headstone.
 |Source table=1TS
 }}

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 |Army number=4456055
 |Rank=Pte
 |Age=19
-|Unit=Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, Trf Black Watch 1/2/1940, Posted 1 TS, KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40, Authority:- L. Casualties.
+|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, but probably Summer 1939.  Posted ? 9th Bn DLI.  Posted ? 12th Bn DLI - probably 1/9/1939.  Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, posted 1 TS.  Served BEF.  KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40, Authority:- L. Casualties.
 |Died/Killed in action=20-May-40
 |Home address=Son of William Henry and Anne Morrison, Low Fell.  Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row I, Grave 5, Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux.
 |Source table=1TS
 }}