Derek Gordon Morris
Memorial: Mangotsfield - St James Place
Regiment: Gloucestershire Regiment
Medals: Korea Medal
Rank and number: Private 22315901
Parents: Laura Morris
Marital status: Single
Home address: Cossham Street, Mangotsfield, Bristol
Pre-war occupation: Not known
Date of birth: 20/10/1931
Place of birth: Cossham Street, Mangotsfield, Bristol
Date of death: 25/04/1951
Buried/Commemorated at: UK Memorial Cemetery, Pusan, South Korea
Age: 19
Further information:
Served in 1st Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment attached to 1st Battalion Royal Ulster Rifles. Killed in the Battle of the Imjin River during the Korean War.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Birth certificate, Battalion Records, Western Daily Press, 'Soldiers of Gloucestershire Museum', David Blackmore