Private William Morris

1892 - 1917  (~ 25 years)

• Name	William Morris
  Prefix	Private
  Born	Apr 1892	Deptford, London, England   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Military	WW1
  	Morris, William Private. Belonged to the 29th Regiment and enlisted with the 34th Battalion at Galt, January 23, 1915. He went overseas with the 2nd reinforcing draft. He was born in England and his next of kin is R. Morris, Maple Ave., Hespeler, Ontario. He was employed by the R. Forbes Company Limited of Hespeler.1a 1aMorris, William: Grace Schmidt Room Digital Collection. (2016). Vitacollections.ca. Retrieved 21 May 2016, from https://vitacollections.ca/kpl-gsr/2845750/data?n=1
  		Morris, William Private. Belonged to the 29th Regiment and enlisted with the 34th Battalion at Galt, January 23, 1915. He went overseas with the 2nd reinforcing draft. He was born in England and his next of kin is R. Morris, Maple Ave., Hespeler, Ontario. He was employed by the R. Forbes Company Limited of Hespeler. Morris, William: Grace Schmidt Room Digital Collection. (2016). Vitacollections.ca. Retrieved 21 May 2016, from https://vitacollections.ca/kpl-gsr/2845750/data?n=1
  Immigration	1911	, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Occupation	1911	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Laborer, Laundry
  Residence	1911	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Anglican
  Military	1914	WW1   [3]
  	WW1, Private, 29th Regiment / 34th Battalion / 2nd Reinforcing Draft
  Misfortune	1917
  	Killed in WW1
  Residence	, England   [3]
  Residence	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Residence	Deptford, London, England
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-212302
  Died	28 Apr 1917	north of, Arras, , Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France   [4]
  Buried	Vimy Memorial, , Pas De Calais, France
  Person ID	I212302	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Richard Blanchford Morris,   b. 1865, York, , Yorkshire, England ,   d. 1944  (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Agnes Adelaide Goldspink,   b. 9 Feb 1871, Croydon, , Surrey, England ,   d. 19 Sep 1934, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 63 years)
  Family ID	F51921	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Son of Richard and Agnes Morris, of Maple Avenue, Hespeler, Ontario.

  
  

• Sources

  [S572] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1911, Galt 1911 Div. 14 Page 21. [S2446] Census - England - 1911, Brixton Hill, Norwood, London, England. Richard Morris 46 b. York, York, England Agnes Morris 39 Croyden Violet Agnes Morris 18 Southwick Elizabeth Rose Morris 16 Deptford William Morris 14 Deptford Benjamin Morris 13 Clapham Lilian Morris 10 Brixton Margaret Morris 5 Brixton Annie Morris 3 Brixton John Richard Morris 1 Brixton Mildred Morris 0 Brixton [S2231] Military - Kitchener Public Library - Soldier Information Card Collection - World War One. [S2007] Military - Canada - War Graves Registers: Circumstances of Death. William Morris Death Date: 28 Apr 1917 Rank: Private Unit: 7th Battalion Service number: 116665 Cemetery: Orchard Dump Cemetery Cemetery Location: 5 Miles North East of Arras, France Burial Place: Arras, France. Killed in actrion attack at Arleux-en.Gohelle

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - Apr 1892 - Deptford, London, England Immigration - 1911 - , Ontario, Canada Occupation - Laborer, Laundry - 1911 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Anglican - 1911 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - - , England Residence - - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - - Deptford, London, England Died - 28 Apr 1917 - north of, Arras, , Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France Buried - - Vimy Memorial, , Pas De Calais, France  = Link to Google Earth