Morris Thomas William Pte. 4454468
Personnel Entry
Name Morris Thomas William
Army number 4454468
Rank Private.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Born 9/12/1920.
Age 68 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry. No exact enlistment date as yet, but his Regimental Number suggests 1938/39. Posted ? 8th Battalion. Posted 11th Bn DLI - probably 1/9/1939. Served with the British Expeditionary Force in Northern France in early 1940. Taken Prisoner of War 27/7/1940 (some records show 31/5/1940) near Lille. Returned to the UK at the end of hostilities. Posted to ? Battalion DLI. Discharged under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xviii)A 21/1/1946. Re-Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry J Group 28/5/1947.
Company/Battery Not yet known.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Probably Rifleman.
Joined Brigade Date not yet confirmed but almost certainly 1/9/1939.
Promotions None as far as is known.
Wounded Not as far as is known.
Prisoner of War Held at Stalag XXA Thorn, and 20B. PoW Number 13101.
Died/Killed in action Actual date of death not yet known, but registered in September 1989 in Northumberland Central.
Home address No family details as yet.
Source table 11DLI
Thanks to Jim Tuckwell for drawing attention to a record in The National Archives.
