BORN HULL 1899. SON OF WILLIAM AND EMMA MORRISON, OF 10 BREAMAR TERRACE, WALCOTT STREET, HULL. EMPLOYED BY THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAYS.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE IN THE WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 7TH ROYAL FUSILIERS, LONDON REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, AT ARRAS, ON 5/04/1918 AGED 19.
HIS BROTHER, PTE, WILLIAM LEONARD MORRISON, 13TH EYR, WHO LIVED NEXT DOOR WITH HIS WIFE & FOUR CHILDREN, DIED OF WOUNDS ON 20/11/1916, AGED 34. HIS ELDEST BROTHER ALBERT EDWARD MORRISON, SERVED IN THE ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY.
JOHN MORRISON’S DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 04/07/1919. *
First name:
JOHN ROBERT
Military Number:
22814
Rank:
Private
Date Died
05/04/1918
Place died:
Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
19
