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Vernon Louis Morris

In memory of:

Sergeant Vernon Louis Morris

April 8, 1942

Military Service


Service Number:

R/73169

Age:

20

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Additional Information


Son of John and Amy Alberta Morris, of Durham Bridge, York County, New Brunswick, Canada.

Commemorated on Page 101 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

BLACK BOURTON (OR BURTON ABBOTS) (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD
Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

Grave Reference:

Row F. Grave 2.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Memorial– Sergeant Vernon Louis Morris is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Sergeant Vernon Louis Morris is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Photo of VERNON LOUIS MORRIS– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Identity Card– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Document– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Vernon Morris– Vernon L Morris, likely in 1940
  • Photo of Vernon Morris– Vernon L Morris, likely abt 26 Jul 1941 when he graduated from Mo. 8 SFTS in Moncton.
  • Group Photo– Class 27 at No. 8 SFTS, Moncton NB Vernon L Morris center of middle row. (From the collection of Judith A (Webster) Bartlett, another of Vernon's nieces. 

Others pictured are: 
•	Stuart Reginald Fillmore, Alma, Albert county, NB, killed in action 11 Aug 1943
•	Robert Baker Albright, Victoria Corners, Carleton county, NB KIA 24 Jul 1942 (likely pictured back row, centre)
•	Charles Almon (Al/Alma) Gartley, Woodstock, NB likely pictured to right of Vernon in the photo, died 19 Oct 2010 in Nepean, ON 
•	James Wilfred (Jamie) MacPhee, Table Head, Glace Bay, NS, died 17 Nov 2002 in Woodlands, TX 
•	H E McDonald, Sydney Mines, NS
•	Wilfred Rodgers Groff, Halifax, NS, KIA 26 Mar 1942, Vernon and Wilfred attended the same course at No. 11 EFTS in Cap-de-la-Madeleine
•	P M Winchester, Digby, NS.
  • Group Photo– Group Photo Vernon L Morris 5th from right in the front row. 
Given he caps this was possibly taken at RCAF Station Uplands where Vernon was stationed from 9 Nov 1940 to 3 Jan 1941.
  • Photo of Vernon Morris– Vernon L Morris

Possibly taken at No 11 EFTS in Cap-de-la-Madeleine, QC given the topology and the seeming season
  • Group Photo– Courtesy of the Nation Archives at Kew, London, UK
Group Photo of No. 13 Course at No. 22 OTU RAF Wellesbourne Mountford, Warkwickshire, England
Vernon L Morris 4th from the left back row
  • Group Photo– L to R: Sgts A Gherstime (possibly Cherstime), A Nickol (Nichol), V Morris and G Crossman from the collection of Judith A (Webster) Bartlett 

Likely taken at No. 22 OTU at RAF Wellesbourne Mountford or at RAF Atherstone in Atherstone-on-Stour, 3.6 km south of Strafford-on-Avon. RAF Atherstone (later renamed RAF Strafford/RAF Strafford-on-Avon) was part of the No. 22 Operational Training Unit. The RAF Atherstone airfield opened in 1941 and was used by No. 22 Operational Training Unit as a satellite for RAF Wellesbourne Mountford. The two airfields were about 8 km apart.

Vernon L Morris was TOS at No. 22 OTU on 14 Oct 1941, and assigned to no. 419 Squardon on 2 Jan 1942.

Arthur Nichol (not Nickol) was in Course 14 at 22 OTU. A "G Crossman" was also at 22 OTU. in Course 15

Aaron Gherstime (maybe Aaron Cherstime) hs not been located in the course lists at 22 OTU
  • Newspaper clipping– From a World War Two issue of the Fredericton (New Brunswick) Daily Gleaner c.1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From a World War Two issue of the Fredericton (New Brunswick) Daily Gleaner c.1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Grave Marker

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