Great War Dundee
This is Dundee's story of those that served in the First World War, and of the people left at home
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David Hunter Morris
Military Information
- Date of enlistment:
- Place of enlistment: Dundee
- Service no: 202335
- Rank: Private
- Service Occupation:
- Awards:
- Regiment/Service: Royal Scots Fusiliers
- Unit/Ship: 1st/4th Battalion, 'D' Company
- Place of Death: Israel/Palestine
- Age at Death: 22
- Date of Death: 15.01.1918
- Burial Country: Israel/Palestine
- Cemetery: Ramleh War Cemetery
- Grave/Mem Ref no: U.125.
Personal Information
- Date of Birth:
- Place of Birth: Dundee
- Address: 29 Rosefield St, Dundee
- Occupation:
- Mother:
Mary Morris, 29 Rosefield St, Dundee
- Father:
James Morris
- Siblings:
Alexander
- Spouse:
- Children:
More about David Hunter Morris
David was the brother of Pte Alexander Morris, 27520, 4th Battalion Royal Scots, who was killed in action 27.09.1918.
David H. Morris 202335 Royal Scots Fusiliers
MORRIS―Killed in action, on the 15th January, Private David H. Morris, eldest son of the late James Morris and Mrs Morris, 29 Rosefield Street, Dundee. – Inserted by Mr and Mrs William O’Neill, 29 Blackscroft, Dundee.
Dundee People’s Journal 9th February 1918
MORRIS―Killed in action, on the 15th January, Private David H. Morris, R.S.F., in his 22nd year, eldest son of the late James Morris and Mrs Morris, 29 Rosefield Street, Dundee. – Inserted by Mr and Mrs James Brown, 40 Court Street, also by Mr and Mrs Morris, 18 Polepark, Dundee, and his sorrowing mother and sisters and brother Alex, on active service.
Dundee People’s Journal 9th February 1918
Additional information supplied by Gary Thomson, further information and image kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell
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