Private Frederick Charles Morris (36165)
9th Bn, The Worcestershire Regiment, 39th Brigade, North Persia Force
Malvern Commemoration: Malvern Library
Burial/Commemoration: Handas Pasha Memorial, Iraq
Nature of Death: Killed in action Mesopotamia 14/9/1918
Age: 21
Next of Kin: Son of Alice Morris of 1 Hill View, Montpelier Road, West Malvern
Frederick Morris, who was born in 1897. In 1911 the census found him living with his widowed mother and three brothers and sisters. He enlisted into the army in Malvern. He was reported wounded and missing on the 27th October 1918, it was not until February the following year that the authorities presumed he had been killed. He had been killed only a a month before hostilities ended in the North Persia theatre [1] on the 31st October 1918.
Malvern News 27/10/1918, 8/2/1919
1911 Census
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929
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[1] North Persia theatre: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_Campaign
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