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|Rank=Pte
|Rank=Pte
|Date of birth=Born 1920/21.
|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.
|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.
|Joined Brigade=1/9/1939.
|Promotions=None known.
|Wounded=Not yet known.
|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.  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 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
}}
}}

Revision as of 15:45, 8 December 2021

Personnel Entry

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Pte R Morrison's CWGC headstone.

Name Morrison Robert
Army number 4456055
Rank Pte
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. 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
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

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