More about Davidson Morris

Davidson has no known grave but is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial. He was the brother of Pte John Morris, 2215, 1/5th Battalion, Black Watch who died 23.07.1916.

Davidson Morris  CZ/7165  Hawke Bn

TWO DUNDEE BROTHERS KILLED.

A.B. Davidson Morris, of the Royal Naval Division, has been killed in action.  Mr Davidson Morris, 13 Rosefield Street, Dundee, has received official intimation of his son’s death.  Deceased, who was seventeen years of age, was formerly employed as a baker in Alyth.  He had been on active service for the past three months.   This is the second son Mr Morris has lost, as Private John Morris, Black Watch, fell in July last.

Dundee Courier 22nd February 1917

Davidson Morris was the son of Mr Davidson Morris of 10 Cairnleith Street, Alyth and later 13 Rosefield Street, Dundee. He worked as a Baker in the Edwards Stores in Alyth when he volunteered to join the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve onboard HMS Unicorn in November 1915 for service in the Royal Naval Division. After initial Naval Training at the Crystal Palace in South London he was sent to Blandford Camp in Dorset for advanced military training in February 1916. In June he was transferred to the Camp Staff and served in Blandford until November when he was drafted to the Hawke Battalion which has suffered heavy casualties in the final Somme battle that month. In February 1917 the Hawke Battalion attacked German positions called the Puiseiux and River Trenches. Resistance was strong and casualties heavy. Davidson Morris was killed in the action and his body was not recovered. He is named on the Thiepval Memorial in Northern France and also on the Meigle Roll of Honour.