Rifleman 242849 James Morris

The St Helens Newspaper & Advertiser
Courtesy Ste M

Regiment/Unit: South Lancashire Regiment - 1st/5th Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Previous Reg/Num: 5587, S Lancs Regt.

Age at death: 32
Date of death: 31st of July 1917 (Tuesday)
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Ypres Menin Gate Memorial - Panel 37.

BMD details:
Marriage: 10/12/1910 James MORRIS to Elizabeth BIRCHALL at St Helens Parish Church.

Family details:
Son of John and Jane Morris, of 287, Mill Lane, Marshall's Cross; husband of Elizabeth Morris, of 303, Mill Lane, Marshall's Cross, Sutton, St. Helens, Lancs.

Census details:
1891 - 7 years old schoolboy James is living at 43 Highfield Street, Sutton, St Helens with parents John (36), Jane (30) and sisters Ellen (3), Edith M (6 mths). 1901 - 17 years old 'Joiners Apprentice' James is living at The Engine Shed Inn, Baxters Lane, Sutton St Helens with publican father John (45), mother Jane (40) and four siblings: Ellen (13), Edith (10), Hilda (6), Elsie (3). 1911 - Sees 27 years old 'Joiner' James living at 51 Robins Lane, Sutton, St Helens with wife of less than one year Elizabeth (28).

Notes:
[url=lmem.php?lmem=1]Remembered on All Saints War Memorial, Sutton, St Helens[/url]

[pic]imgs/WW1_misc/MorrisJames.jpg[/pic][caption]The St Helens Reporter - Courtesy Ste M[/caption] [pic]imgs/S1PWHYAOTV/SLR_Privates_Menin_Gate_4.jpg[/pic][caption]The panel on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial bearing the inscription for Rifleman James Morris (Photo courtesy of Ste M.)[/caption]