William John Edward MORTON. Lieutenant 5th attached to 2nd Royal Irish Rifles Previously 2nd Lieutenant with York and Lancaster Regiment
Born on 9 January 1888 in Victoria Terrace, Holywood and he was a son of William and Annie Morton (nee Coulter)
1901 residing with his parents and siblings at 1 Victoria Street, Holywood
1911 residing with widowed father and siblings at 1 Street, Holywood. Occupation manufacturers agent in cotton and linen goods.
Killed in action at Hooge 4 September 1915 aged 27. His father was granted a gratuity 1 March 1916
Will Calendars, Ancestry.
Probate of the Will of William John Edward Morton, late of Hollydene, Holywood, County Down Lieutenant who was killed in action 4 September 1915 at Hooge granted at Belfast to William Morton Manufacturer’s Agent. Effects £515 10s 0d.
Commemorated on a family headstone in Holywood Cemetery, Holywood, County Down, also on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium.
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