The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Sergeant J F Morrison


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Sergeant James Francis MORRISON, L/8827, 8th Battalion,  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds, No.10 Casualty Clearing Station, France, 20th February 1916, age 27.

Born Rotherhithe, Kent, son of Thomas & Mary Morrison.

Enlisted London. Resided 64, Upcot Street, Peckham, London.

8th November 1909, St Mary Magdalene, Southwark, James Francis Morrison, age 20, bachelor, Soldier, 12 Townsend Street, SE, father, Thomas Morrison, deceased, married Sophie Richardson, age 24, spinster, 12 Townsend Street, SE, father, John Richardson, coal porter.

Child - James Thomas John Morrison, born 19th December 1909.

5th January 1910, St Peters, Walworth, baptism of James Thomas John Morrison, son of James Francis, (Soldier), & Sophy Morrison, 165 Portland Street, Walworth, SE.


1911 Census - Quebee Barracks, West Kent Regiment, Bordon, Alton, Hampshire - James Morrison, Private, age 23, married, 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, Soldier, born Rotherhithe.

1911 Census - 165 Portland Street, Walworth, SE. - Sophie Morrison, wife, age 25, married, completed 1 year of marriage, 2 children, both still alive, shirt ironer (out of work), laundry, worker, born Camberwell; James Thomas John Morrison, son, age 1, born Walworth; Alice Annie Morrison, daughter, age 2 months, born Walworth.


13th September 1914, posted BEF.

Buried at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, IV. D. 18., Belgium.


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