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Private William Alexander Morrow

 

Morrow

 

Private William Alexander Morrow, V Corps Cyclist (North Irish Horse) Regiment, Service No. 71123 (Corps of Hussars). Formerly North Irish Horse, Service No. 832. Born Drumnascamph [Soldiers Died list] or Rathfriland [CWGC list], County Down. Enlisted and residence Rathfriland. Son of Mrs Agnes Jane Morrow of 1 Little Grosvenor Street, Belfast. Embarked for France on 17 August 1914 as part of A Squadron North Irish Horse. Killed in action on 9 April 1918, aged 38. Buried at Hinges Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France, grave C.41. The grave inscription reads:

H/71123 PRIVATE

W. A. MORROW

NORTH IRISH HORSE

9TH APRIL 1918 AGE 38

 

Image kindly provided by Steve Rogers, Project Co-ordinator of the The War Graves Photographic Project, www.twgpp.org.