Name
Henry Morrison
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
05/09/1916
26
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
14569
Bedfordshire Regiment
1st Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Pier and Face 2 C.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Hertingfordbury Village Memorial, Church of St Mary and St John Church Roll of Honour, Hertingfordbury, Birch Green Village Memorial, Birch Green School Memorial, Little Hadham Village Memorial, Not on the Much Hadham memorials, We are not aware of any Hadham Ford memorial
Pre War
Born in 1890 and baptised on 23 Feb 1890 in the Ford, Little Hadham son of Henry and Sarah Morrison.
He lived in Little Hadham in 1901 and then in Dunmow in 1911 working as a waiter in Felstead School.
Wartime Service
Enlisted at Hertford, entered France on 27 Apr 1915 and was killed in action. 1st Bedfordshire War Diary Notes: From the 3rd to the 5th of September attacks were made on the enemy lines at Falfemont Farm and Wedge Wood. The 1st Bedfordshire Regiment went into action with 20 officers and 610 O.R (other ranks). They succeeded in their objectives, but lost 17 officers and 289 other ranks.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, “Lest We Forget – Much Hadham 1914-18” by Richard Maddams Much Hadham Forge Museum
