Private Morris Bertram PLUMB, G/13474, 2nd/4th  Battalion,  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment,  killed in action, Syria / Egypt, 17th December 1917, age 22.

Born Ely, Cambridgeshire, son of Edward and Elizabeth Plumb, of No.2. Annesdale Terrace, Ely, Cambridgeshire.

1911 Census - Annesdale Terrace, Ely, Cambridgeshire - Edward Plumb, head, age 44, married, Railway Fourman, Great Eastern Railway, worker, born West  Wratting, Cambridgeshire; Elizabeth Plumb, wife, age 42, married 23 years, 9 children, 7 still alive, born Ely, Cambridgeshire; George Plumb, son, age 18, single, ostler, domestic, worker, born Ely, Cambridgeshire; Morris Plumb, son, age 15, single, printers assistant, printing, worker, born Ely, Cambridgeshire; Lily Plumb, daughter, age 11, school, born Ely, Cambridgeshire; Ernest Plumb, son, age 9, school, born Ely, Cambridgeshire; *Arthur Plumb, son, age 3, born Ely, Cambridgeshire.

* died June 1912, Ely Registtration District, age 4.

Enlisted Ely, Cambridgeshire, age 20 years & 10 months, height 5ft 4 inches, weight 125lbs. Resided No.2. Annesdale Terrace, Ely, Cambridgeshire. Formerly painter.

Home 26th February 1916 to 30th August 1916; BEF 31st August 1916 to 16th October 1916; Home 17th October 1916 to 25th August 1917; Egyptian Expeditionary Force,  26th August 1917 to 17th December 1917.

26th February 1916, enlisted; 27th February 1916, to Army Reserve; 4th April 1916, mobilized; 7th April 1916, posted 9th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 21st May 1916, Shoreham, overstaying pass from midnight until midnight 22nd May 1916, 3 days confined to Camp, forfeits 1 days pay; 11th June 1916, Shoreham. overstaying pass from from midnight until midnight 12th June 1916, 7 days confined to Camp, forfeits 1 days pay; 31st August 1916, posted BEF; 31st August 1916, Infantry Base Depot; 12th October 1916, transferred to England ex No.1. General Hospital, per Hospital Ship, "Asturias", shrapnel wound left thigh; 17th October 1916, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 17th October 1916 to 27th March 1917, Military Hospital, Lewisham, gun shot wound right thigh, slight, large m.f. removed from buttock, x-rays seemed to show it in the hip joint which was explored by incision; 7th April 1917 to 25th May 1917, Eastern Command Depot, Shoreham by Sea, shrapnel wound, right hip, has had a course of drills & marching; 5th May 1917, Eastern Command Depot, Shoreham by Sea, stating a falsehood to an NCO, 4 days confined to Barracks; 14th May 1917, marked fit by Standing Medical Board, Eastern Command Depot; 26th May 1917, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 4th June 1917 to 7th June 1917, Chatham Hospital, gonorrhea, to Barnwell, Cambridge;  7th June 1917 to 26th July 1917, Barnwell Military Hospital, Cambridge, gonorrhea, returned to Duty; 26th August 1917, posted Egyptian Expeditionary Force, & 2nd/4th  Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, & embarked; 18th September 1917, Alexandria, disembarked; 6th October 1917, joined 2nd/4th  Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, In the Field.

11th September 1919, Statement of Relatives - Widow - none; Children - none; Father, Edward Plumb, No.2. Annesdale Terrace, Ely; Mother, Elizabeth Plumb, No.2. Annesdale Terrace, Ely; Brothers - Edward Thomas Plumb, age 31, No.18, Reading Lane, Hackney; Alfred James Plumb, age 28?, Naval Barracks, Chatham; Albert George Plumb, age  26?, 14 Lorensen? Road, Cambridge; Ernest Victor Plumb, age 18, No.2. Annesdale Terrace, Ely; Sisters - Lily Plumb, age 20, No.2. Annesdale Terrace, Ely.

Buried at Jerusalem War Cemetery, M. 91., Israel.

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