Great War Dundee
This is Dundee's story of those that served in the First World War, and of the people left at home
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William Morrison
Military Information
- Date of enlistment: 13.07.1915
- Place of enlistment: Montreal, Quebec.
- Service no: 457925
- Rank: Company Sergeant Major
- Service Occupation:
- Awards:
- Regiment/Service: Canadian Infantry
- Unit/Ship: 87th Battalion
- Place of Death: France
- Age at Death: 28
- Date of Death: 02.09.1918
- Burial Country: France
- Cemetery: Vis - En - Artois British Cemetery, Haucourt
- Grave/Mem Ref no: I.A.31.
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 15.10.1889
- Place of Birth: Dundee
- Address:
- Occupation: Clerk
- Mother:
Margaret Morrison, 38 Lilybank Rd, Dundee
- Father:
Alexander Morrison
- Siblings:
Charles Watson Morrison, David Ferguson Morrison, Eliza Morrison & Ada Margaret Morrison
- Spouse:
Mrs Mary A. Bruce (formally Morrison) 309 Stadacona St, Montreal.
- Children:
Maggie, William & Mary
More about William Morrison
For more information on William visit William’s Memorial and William’s Service Record and Circumstances of Death Register
William shares a burial plot with Pte George Chapman Stevens 772195, also of the 87th Battalion, Canadian Infantry and who died the same day.
Prior to William emigrating to Canada in 1909 he was employed as Clerk in a Jute & Linen Merchants office in Dundee. When he emigrated to Canada he initially lived with his cousin John & Jemima Walker at 661 King St, Hamilton, Ontario. Both his brothers served during the Great War, Gunner Charles Watson Morrison, 133887, 40th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, who was killed in action 15.10.1917. David served as a Clerk 1st Class, 78802 with the Royal Air Force and retuned home safely.
Information Researched and supplied by Gary Thomson, additional information and images very kindly supplied by Professor David M. Walker.
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