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RAMC profile of:
Arthur John Edward MORRIS
[Service No:  1661]
 
 


Place or Date
of Birth:
Cardiff, Glamorganshire on 30th June 1895

Service Number: 1661

TF Number:

Rank: Pte

Unit: 2nd Welsh Divisional Field Ambulance

Attached To: 1/2nd Welsh Field Ambulance

Enlistment Location: Cardiff

Also Served:

Outcome: Killed in action

Date Died: 21/08/1915
Age Died:

Where Buried and/or Commemorated: Turkey - Hill 10 Cemetery

Awards:

Gazette Reference:
 


Other Information:

Arthur was educated at Victoria School in Penarth, and Bogg’s College in Cardiff. In civil life he was employed as a clerk by Messrs, Morrison and Co. Ltd., ship owners and ship store merchants of Cardiff. On 2nd April 1913, he joined the 2nd Welsh Divisional Field Ambulance, then volunteered for Imperial Service at the outbreak of war. He was killed whilst his unit was in the Suvla Bay. On 21st August 1915, the unit war diary noted: “Again shelled by shrapnel Pte. A.J.E. Morris killed in the hospital.” Major Henry Samuel wrote: “Your son was in my section, and I had formed a very high opinion of his character and ability. I can honestly say he was one of the best of a good lot of men. We buried his body after a short service close by that of a comrade, our Quartermaster-Sergt, Diggory, who was killed the day before. That we all, officer and men, feel very deeply the loss of a good soldier friend.” Arthur was the third son of Thomas (Bristol Channel pilot) and Louisa (née Davies) Morris of Gorphwysfa, Stanwell Road, Penarth, Cardiff.


 
Additional Information: Date Added: Saturday 20 October, 2018
 
Arthur's final resting place. [Photograph courtesy of Chris Ludlam]


  
 
 
 
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