The Morris Brothers of Hayfield Road Oxford, item 15
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The involvement of Martyn Morris's family in the Great War.
Martyn's grandfather, Charles Morris, had four sons three of whom served in
the war. Martyn's father, Frank Morris, was the first to volunteer at the start of
the war in 1914. and with a friend went to Port Meadow, Oxford, and caught
two horses which they practised on until they could ride in a basic fashion.
They then went to the local Barracks and enlisted in the Queens Own
Oxfordshire Hussars, a yeomanry cavalry regiment which was Winston
Churchill's regiment. Frank Morris was 18. He serve throughout the war and
was wounded but survived. He was deeply upset by the loss of his horse,
Monty, which was shot in battle and which he had to leave and carry on a
loose horse. His younger brother, Arthur, was killed at the age of 19 in 1918.
His elder brother, Charles, served in the artillery and survived.
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Handwritten
Write up I put on display in our church
Typed
The involvement of Martyn Morris's family in the Great War.
Martyn's grandfather, Charles Morris, had four sons three of whom served in
the war. Martyn's father, Frank Morris, was the first to volunteer at the start of
the war in 1914. and with a friend went to Port Meadow, Oxford, and caught
two horses which they practised on until they could ride in a basic fashion.
They then went to the local Barracks and enlisted in the Queens Own
Oxfordshire Hussars, a yeomanry cavalry regiment which was Winston
Churchill's regiment. Frank Morris was 18. He serve throughout the war and
was wounded but survived. He was deeply upset by the loss of his horse,
Monty, which was shot in battle and which he had to leave and carry on a
loose horse. His younger brother, Arthur, was killed at the age of 19 in 1918.
His elder brother, Charles, served in the artillery and survived.
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Handwritten
Write up I put on display in our church
Typed
The involvement of Martyn Morris's family in the Great War.
Martyn's grandfather, Charles Morris, had four sons three of whom served in
the war. Martyn's father, Frank Morris, was the first to volunteer at the start of
the war in 1914. and with a friend went to Port Meadow, Oxford, and caught
two horses which they practised on until they could ride in a basic fashion.
They then went to the local Barracks and enlisted in the Queens Own
Oxfordshire Hussars, a yeomanry cavalry regiment which was Winston
Churchill's regiment.
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- Madelaine Morris-Penn
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