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|Surname and forenames=Morrison Robert | |Surname and forenames=Morrison Robert | ||
|Army number=4456055 | |Army number=4456055 | ||
|Rank= | |Rank=Private. | ||
|Date of birth=Born 1920/21. | |Date of birth=Born 1920/21. | ||
|Age=19 | |Age=19 at the time of his death. | ||
|Unit= | |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. Posted Missing in action. Now known to have been KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40 at Ficheux, Authority:- L. Casualties. | ||
|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards. | |||
|Company/Battery=B Company. | |||
|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known. | |||
|Task or role=Not known but probably Rifleman. | |||
|Promotions=None known. | |||
|Wounded=Not yet known. | |||
|Prisoner of War=No. | |||
|Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939. | |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. | |Home address=Son of William Henry and Anne Morrison, Low Fell, Gateshead. | ||
|Image Name=Morrison_R_4456055.JPG | |Image Name=Morrison_R_4456055.JPG | ||
|Image Title=Pte R Morrison's CWGC headstone. | |Image Title=Pte R Morrison's CWGC headstone. | ||
|Source table=1TS | |Source table=1TS | ||
}} | }} | ||
[[File:21933da7-78e7-4e95-b1e1-f6158d1e3501.jpeg|800px|thumb|centre|Private Robert Morrison, 1st Tyneside Scottish]] | |||
Latest revision as of 10:49, 17 July 2026
Personnel Entry
Name Morrison Robert
Army number 4456055
Rank Private.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Born 1920/21.
Age 19 at the time of his death.
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. Posted Missing in action. Now known to have been KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40 at Ficheux, Authority:- L. Casualties.
Company/Battery B Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Not known but probably Rifleman.
Joined Brigade Probably 1/9/1939.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not yet known.
Prisoner of War No.
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, Gateshead.
Source table 1TS
