Private 28561 John Bertie MORRIS

Private 28561 John Bertie Morris{gallery}Pte J B Morris{/gallery}8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment
Killed in action in the Second Battle of the Somme, France and Flanders, 25th March 1918 aged 19

• Buried: Ham British Cemetery, Muille-Villette, Somme, France. Originally buried at the Croix-Molignaux German Cemetery
  
• Awarded: British War and Victory Medals
• Son of John and Emily Morris [nee Grimes] of 76 Dugdale Street, Nuneaton
  
• NNWFHS Memorial: Nuneaton WWI Other Regiments

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Private Morris
• Ham British Cemetery
• Royal West Kent Regiment

Military, Census and Family History Information

• Born Jan Qtr 1899 and baptised 16 Apr 1899 at Nuneaton
• Lived at 63 Gadsby Street, Nuneaton [1911]
  
• John was a schoolboy in 1911
• Enlisted at Grove Park, Kent