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Military service
Age:
25
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
18th Bn.
Death:
September 16, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
IV. F. 9.
Additional information
Son of Samuel and Jane Morris, of 37, Hillside Terrace, Wattstown, Wales.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant William John Morris
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Grave Marker
Photo courtesy of Wilf Schofield, England -
Circumstances of Death Registers
"DIED OF WOUNDS." Whilst leading his company during operations on 15th September, 1916 and having reached the enemy's front line he was wounded in the stomach by shrapnel. He was given immediate attention and taken to No. 30 Casualty Clearing Station where he died the next day. Contributed by E.Edwards www.18thbattalioncef.wordpress.com -
Newspaper clipping
In memory of the men and women of London, Ontario (and area) who went to war and did not come home. Remembered on the pages of the World War One issues of the London Advertiser. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William John Morris
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William John Morris
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William John Morris
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 138 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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