Corporal 6781 Albert MORREY

Cpl 6781 Albert MORREY, 2nd Battalion, King’s Shropshire Light Infantry.

Killed in action in France and Flanders, 12th April 1915, aged 37

• Buried: Ypres Town Cemetery Ext, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Grave I.G.8
• Awarded: 1915 Star, British War and Victory Medals
• Son of William and Elizabeth Morrey of Park Lane Cottages, Cannock Road, Wolverhampton
• NNWFHS Memorial: Hartshill

1911 Census and Family History Information

• Born c1878 in Shifnal, Salop [Soldiers Who Died in the Great War Records]
• Served 13½ years service in the Army [CWGC Records]

Links to Relevant Information

http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/446631/MORREY,%20ALBERT catch-all/first-world-war-centenary-2/war-memorial-transcriptions-g-l/hartshill

NNWFHS Hartshill War Memorial Page https://nanwfhs.org.uk/hartshill-war-memorial/(opens in a new tab)

http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/2000018/YPRES%20TOWN%20CEMETERY%20EXTENSION Ypres Town Cemetery Ext

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King’s_Shropshire_Light_InfantryKing’s Shropshire Light Infantry