Morris Harold Lance Corporal 4277397
Personnel Entry
Name Morris Harold
Army number 4277397
Rank Lance Corporal
Decorations None known.
Date of birth Date not yet known.
Age 35 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. Served Malaya. DIED 15/11/1944 at Iruka Camp in Japan.
Company/Battery Not yet known.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Not yet known.
Joined Brigade
Promotions L/Cpl.
Wounded Yes - injured in mine accident at the surface in Iruka and died of those multiple injuries.
Prisoner of War Yes - captured 15/2/1942 at Singapore.
Died/Killed in action DIED 15/11/1944 - cause of death - multiple injuries from surface accident at mine. Cremated at Iruka 16/11/1944 - service conducted by Lieutenant Wadsworth, Royal Corps of Signals. No details of initial interment of the ashes - details inscribed on urn. Urn interred in British wall niche, Yokohama Mausoleum. Urn re-interred in grave M.B.11. British Section, Yokohama War Cemetery. Headstone inscription reads - "AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER YOU".
Home address Son of Joseph and Daisy Morris of Newcastle upon Tyne.
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