Difference between revisions of "Morrison Robert Pte 4456055"
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|Date of birth=Born 1920/21. | |Date of birth=Born 1920/21. | ||
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| − | |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. | + | |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. | |Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards. | ||
|Company/Battery=B Company. | |Company/Battery=B Company. | ||
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Latest revision as of 11:49, 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
