Private Reuben Morris

Army Number: 307555 formerly 19910

Battalion: 1/8th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Eckington, Derbyshire. Son of William and Jane Alice Morris, of 4 Kings Street, Hodthorpe, near Whitwell, Derbyshire. He was a coal miner prior to enlisting. He was killed in action, on 29th May 1917, whilst returning from an advance post, near Loos.

Buried: Loos British Cemetery, France. Plot 19. Row F. Grave 26.

Mens

Private Reuben Morris is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
Whitwell War Memorial, Whitwell, Derbyshire.
Hodthorpe Working Men’s Club War Memorial, Hodthorpe, Derbyshire.
Mansfield District Council Offices Roll of Honour, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire.
Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.