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Galley Boy WILLIAM HENRY MORRIS

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Merchant Navy

S.S. Essex Lance (London).

Date of Death

Died 14 March 1941

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SUNDERLAND (BISHOPWEARMOUTH) CEMETERY

Ward 3. Sec. A. Grave 1812.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Henry Hunter Morris and Ethel May Morris, of Grangetown. Sunderland.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE
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Buried or commemorated at

SUNDERLAND (BISHOPWEARMOUTH) CEMETERY
Durham United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 431
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