Hull Pals Memorial Post. Private, MAURICE WILLIAM MORACK 10/225. Born in Leeds in 1894, Maurice was the eldest of three children to Matilda Joby Morack of 32, Pryme Street, Hull (war Pension address). A Tailor’s Machinist before the war, Maurice signed up for the fledgling 10th Battalion having queued in those long uneven lines of the first week of September 1914. He served in Egypt from December 1915 to February 1916 before shipping to France. One of the Original Pals, Maurice was a veteran of the Somme, Oppy Wood, the German Spring Offensive, the disastrous attack on Ploegsteert Wood and came within a fortnight of making it out the other side. Alas, he was seriously injured in October 1918 and failed to recover, dying of wounds on the 29th. He is buried at Kezelberg Military Cemetery; Maurice was 24 years old. His grave inscription, reads, “Never forgotten”
He is commemorated on the Hull Jewish Community Roll of Honour and the British Jewery Book Roll of Honour 1914-1918, page 119.
His surname appears as “Moran” in War pension records.
