The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Lance Corporal E J Morris

Lance Corporal Eric John MORRIS, G/9322, "C" Company, 10th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 9th October 1916, age 19.

Born Barming Kent, son of Herbert Henry and Maria Lydia Morris, of Turkey Cottage, Maidstone, Kent.

17th October 1897, Tesaton, Kent, baptism of Eric John Morris, son of Herbert Henry and Maria Lydia Morris.

1911 Census - Turkey Mill, Turkey Cottage, Ashford Road, Maidstone, Kent - Herbert Henry Morris, head, age 46, married, gardener, worker, born Yalding, Kent; Maria Lydia Morris, wife, age 52, married 18 years, 2 children, born Borough, London; Herbert Ralph Morris, son, age 17, single, printers apprentice, worker, born West Barming, Kent; son, age 13, school boy, born West Barming, Kent.

Enlisted Maidstone Kent.

Commemorated at Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 11 C, Somme, France and at War Memorial near to St. Mary and All Saints Church, Boxley Kent.

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