Company Serjeant Major 12526 Peter Morris
The St Helens Newspaper & Advertiser
Courtesy Ste M
Regiment/Unit: South Lancashire Regiment - 7th Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Theatre of War First Served: (1) France
Date Entered Therein: 18/07/1915
Age at death: 25
Date of death: 22nd of July 1917
Born: Lower Ince, Wigan
Resided: Haydock, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Ypres Menin Gate Memorial - Panel 37.
BMD details:
Marriage: 01/08/1914 Peter Morris to Martha Ellen Smith at Prescot. Witnessed by J Morris and C Smith.
Family details:
Next of kin from service papers: Mrs Martha Morris, 92, Park Street, Haydock.
Census details:
1901 - 9 years old Peter is living at 4, James Street, Ince in Makerfield, Wigan with parents Peter (41), Jane (41) and seven siblings: William (16), Jane (14), Alice (11), Thomas (7), John (5), [cas=3099]Joseph Morris[/cas] (3), James (1). 1911 - Sees 19 years old 'Coal Miner - Filler' Peter living at 147, Blackbrook Road, Haydock, St Helens with parents Peter (51), Jane (50) and five siblings: Thomas (17), John (15), [cas=3099]Joseph Morris[/cas] (13), James (11), Henry (9). Also at the address are visitors Jane Sharp (24), Henry Sharp (5) and William Sharp (3).
Notes:
Awarded the Military Medal for 'Bravery In The Field' on 01/12/1916. [note=127]Two Morris Brothers who died in The Great War.[/note] Age taken from census.
Awarded the Military Medal for 'Bravery In The Field' on 01/12/1916. [note=127]Two Morris Brothers who died in The Great War.[/note] Age taken from census.
[pic]imgs/WW1_misc/Morris_P_CSM_SLR.jpg[/pic][caption]The St Helens Newspaper & Advertiser - Courtesy Ste M[/caption]
[pic]imgs/sppics/P_Morris_SLR.jpg[/pic][caption]The inscription for C.S.M. Peter Morris on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial
(Photograph courtesy of Ste M.)[/caption]
