Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Francis Morris
In memory of:
Second Lieutenant Francis Morris
September 11, 1916
Military Service
27
Army
The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
1st/5th Bn.
Additional Information
Son of Robert and Maria Morris, of Billinghurst, Sussex. Enlisted in September 1914. Served in France and Flanders with 16th Battalion.
Commemorated on Page 573 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
BASRA WAR CEMETERY
Iraq
III. R. 1.
The cemetery is about 8 kilometres north-west of Basra, a town on the west bank of the Shatt-al-Arab, 90 kilometres from its mouth in the Persian Gulf. Note: The Commonwealth War Graves Commission strongly advises that the Foreign and Commonwealth Office should be contacted before attempting to visit Iraq. Their details are as follows:
Travel Advice Unit Consular Division Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Old Admiralty Building
London, England
SW1A 2AF
Tel: 0207 008 0232/0233
Fax: 0207 008 0164
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Newspaper clipping – From the Daily Colonist of September 26, 1916. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist58y248uvic/page/n6/mode/1up?view=theater -
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Newspaper clipping – From the Daily Colonist of September 27, 1916. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist58y249uvic/page/n11/mode/1up?view=theater
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