Basic Details
Surname
Morris
Forenames
C G N
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
Charles Geoffrey Noel
Served or died
Died
Notes
Entered College in Michaelmas Term, 1913. A member of the University Contingent of the Officers’ Training Corps. Commenced service on the 24th November 1914. Second Lieutenant of the 7th Battalion The King’s Shropshire Light Infantry, 1914; 9th Battalion Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 1915; Lieutenant attached to the 6th Battalion, 1916. Served in France. Killed in action near Gueudecourt, Battle of the Somme, 7 October 1916. He is also listed on the Thiepval Memorial.
Primary Service
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Town of death
Gueudecourt, Somme
Year of death
1916
Month of death
October
Day of death
7
Age at death
22
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action