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the cleverest men of his age in the Army. The men of the Irish Guards
were deeply attached to him and he was immensely proud of his battn. He
_m._ at Westminster Cathedral, 29 April, 1913, Dora Wesley (10,
Chesham Place, S.W.), dau. of the late James Wesley Hall, of Melbourne,
and had a son, Michael, _b._ 30 July, 1914.
[Illustration: =Hon. George H. Morris.=]
=MORRIS, HENRY GAGE=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Duke of Cornwall's
L.I., only surviving child of Col. Henry Gage Morris, late commanding
2nd Battn. Duke of Cornwall's L.I., and great-great-grandson of Col.
Roger Morris of York, by his wife, Maude, dau. of the late Preston
Gilbert Wallis, of Park Hill, Bodmin; _b._ Bodmin, co. Cornwall,
14 Aug. 1897; educ. Preparatory School, The Hoe, Plymouth; Marlborough
College (Sept. 1911-July, 1914), and the Royal Military College,
Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Duke of Cornwall's L.I., 12 Jan.
1915, aged 17½ years; went to France, 15 Feb. 1915, and was killed in
action at the second Battle of Ypres, 23 April, 1915, being buried
where he fell. His commanding officer wrote: "He was such a nice boy,
and a very brave and gallant lad, and died gallantly. He was killed in
a counter-attack we made with the 13th Brigade, the East Yorks., York
and Lancs., and 4th Canadians on the 23rd. I was commanding the Battn.
at the time, and the last I saw of him he passed me with a platoon of
C Coy., which was in Reserve. He came past me with a very cheerful
face, and laughing under a very heavy cross-fire from machine guns, and
sang out to me, 'Shall I push on?' and I answered, 'Go on, laddie, as
hard as you can.' Poor lad, I did not see him again, but heard he was
shot in the head, but he would not let anyone stay with him. He was
such a good boy, always cheerful and always ready to do anything that
was wanted. He was very popular with everyone--officers and men;" and
Private W. Board, C Coy., Duke of Cornwall's L.I.: "You must be proud
to know your son was as brave a man as anyone could wish to meet. I
was his servant while he was in France, and a better master I never
had. The men in the platoon loved him, and would do anything for him.
He was always cheerful and had friends every where he went. I was not
with him when he got hit, but I heard he wanted to go on, and refused
to be bandaged, as he said there were men who were hit more badly
than himself. He always thought of others before himself." A writer
in his School Magazine ("The Marlburian," 19 May, 1915) said: "From
his earliest days in the school--in 'A' House, his company was a real
pleasure. Always bright and full of fun, and merry talk, he had from
the first great personal charm; and as he developed, one saw behind him
those qualities of modesty, generosity, and straightness, which mark
the perfect gentleman."
[Illustration: =Henry Gage Morris.=]
=MORRIS, JAMES=, Ship's Corpl., 1st Class, 279187, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914;
_m._
=MORRIS, JOHN=, Leading Stoker (C.G.), 151804, H.M.S. Hogue; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MORRIS, WILLIAM=, Stoker, 2nd Class, S.S. 115482, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MORRIS, WILLIAM=, Leading Seaman, 214875, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost
when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5
Sept. 1914.
=MORRISON, EDWIN DUNCAN RUTHERFORD=, Private No. 10/1007, 9th
Hawkes Bay Regt., Wellington Infantry Battn., New Zealand Expeditionary
Force; _s._ of George Morrison, of Normanby, New Zealand, by his
wife, Fanny, dau. of Thomas Novis; _b._ Cust, Canterbury, New
Zealand, 21 Nov. 1889; educ. Belfast, Canterbury. On the outbreak of
war in August, 1914, he joined the N.Z.E.F. at Napier, Hawkes Bay;
left for Egypt with the first contingent, took part in the repulse of
the Turkish attack on the Suez Canal, in Feb. 1915, and was killed in
action at the Dardanelles, 28 April following; _unm._ Throughout
the whole of the day of his death Private Morrison had been fighting
and escaped injury, but was fatally hit in the evening while digging a
trench. He was an excellent shot, and before going to the Dardanelles
had been selected as a sniper.
[Illustration: =Edwin D. R. Morrison.=]
=MORRISON, FREDERICK CHARLES=, Corpl., No. 4972, 1st Battn. (The
Prince Consort's Own) The Rifle Brigade, _s._ of Frank Saunderson
Morrison, of The Cottage, Hallaton, co. Leicester, F.R.C.S., J.P.;
_b._ Dublin, 19 Aug. 1882; educ. Dundalk Educational Institution;
St. John's College, near Preston, and Trinity College, Dublin, of
which he became a graduate and honour man; qualified as an engineer
and went to Rhodesia; volunteered his services for the suppression of
the rising in Natal, 1906-7, for which he received the King's medal,
and on the outbreak of the European War in Aug. 1914, he, with three
other old University comrades, returned to England and joined the Rifle
Brigade in Sept.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.,
and was killed in action during the engagement at Ploegsteert, 7 Feb.
1915; _unm._ He was a good athlete and footballer, playing for his
school and college; a hard rider to hounds, well-known to the Louth
Pack and Harriers.
=MORRISON, GERARD HUMPHREYS=, Capt., 5th Battn. (London Rifle
Brigade) The London Regt. (T.F.), yr. _s._ of John Hebb Morrison,
of 63, Hamilton Terrace, London, Member of Lloyds; _b._ London,
16 March, 1889; educ. Harrow, and Magdalen College, Oxford (where he
was in the O.T.C.); received a commission in the London Rifle Brigade,
on leaving Oxford, and was promoted Lieut. 18 Sept. 1913, and Capt.
25 Feb. 1915; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war
in Aug. 1914; went to France in Oct., and was killed in action near
Armentières, 31 March. 1915; _unm._ Buried in the Rifle Brigade
Cemetery in Ploegsteert Wood. His Col., Lord Cairns, wrote: "We all
loved him--he was not only a personal friend to us all, but also a good
and capable officer. He was a splendid example of cheerfulness and
devotion to duty, and I am convinced that his men would have followed
him anywhere"; and his Major: "Universally loved by us all, a born
leader of men, it is impossible for me to tell you what a gap your
son's death will make in the regiment." While at Harrow he was head of
his house (H.O.D. Davidson's), and in the football XI; at Oxford he
took his degree with honours in law, and was made President I.C.R.
[Illustration: =Gerard H. Morrison.=]
=MORRISON, HERBERT HENRY=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4507), 176230, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct.
1914; _m._
=MORRISON, JOHN=, L.-Corpl., No. 5181, 1st Battn. Black Watch, 2nd
surviving _s._ of John Morrison, Head Gamekeeper to Major, The
Brodie of Brodie, Brodie Castle, Forres, by his wife Margaret, dau.
of the late Alexander Ross, North Lodge, Orton, co. Moray; _b._
Inveravon, Banffshire, 14 Nov. 1885; enlisted 7 Sept. |