Thomas Morris Second son of Thomas and Jane Morris of 34 Adelphi Street Occupation: Provision Dealer (family business) Corporal S/27845, 16th Bn The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort’s Own) Died Monday 25 March 1918 Aged 21 (22 LDP), in German Field Hospital at Villers Foucan, after being taken prisoner. Villers Foucan Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme Grave III/C/7 Death Notice by Mr and Mrs Morris LDP 27 September 1918. Tom and his brother, Jack, another Old Boy, were crack shots in the Territorials and had won prizes at Bisley. He was a Lewis machine gunner in the vicinity of St Quentin when wounded by shellfire and taken prisoner. He died three days later. In 1917 he was the only one of his section to return from an attack and was hit three times He went on through the terrible winter of 1917 where he saw heavy fighting on Passchendaele Ridge and in Polygon Wood. Preston Catholic College
