Basic Details
Surname
Morris
Forenames
Arthur Capel
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Notes
His biography on the College website (see References) reads as follows: 'Arthur Capel Morris, Private, Royal Munster Fusiliers. Arthur Capel Morris came up to Jesus College in 1912 after being educated privately and then at Repton School, Derbyshire. Born: Capel-le-Ferne, Folkstone, Kent on 25 February 1893, Fell in action: 27 November 1915.
Although there is an obituary for Morris and we have a photograph of him sent to the Master in 1917, we have very little other information about him. The obituary in the Jesus College Cambridge Society Annual Report, 1916 records that he undertook the Law Tripos with a view to becoming a barrister and was keen on association football and hockey. He did not make the college first team in either sport. His obituary also tells us that at the outbreak of war he enlisted as a trooper in the 12th Lancers before being transferred to the Royal Munsters as a private. He was killed at Gallipoli after being forced out of his flooded trench. On the reverse of the photograph Arthur Gray, Master 1912-1940, has written that Morris chose the following text which was to be inscribed on a tablet in a church in Capel-le-Ferne. “Greater love hath no man than this that a man lay down his life for his friends.”'
Primary Service
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Türkiye
Town of death
Gallipoli
Year of death
1915
Month of death
November
Day of death
27
Age at death
22
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action
Personal Details
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial