Lieutenant Kenneth M Morrison

30 Nov 1942

Lieutenant Kenneth McLeod Morrison was the son of Brigadier Hugh McLeod Morrison and Kathleen May Morrison, of Sunningdale, Berkshire.

He was granted an emergency commission with the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders in March 1941, and later volunteered for airborne forces shortly after the formation of the 1st Parachute Brigade.

Lt Morrison served in C Company, 2nd Parachute Battalion, during Operation Torch in North Africa.

He took part in the battalion drop behind enemy lines to attack the landing ground at Depienne on 29 November 1942. In the early hours of 30 November Lt Morrison proceeded with the battalion on a 12 mile battle march to attack the enemy landing ground at Oudna. At around 16:30 hours five German tanks appeared to the west of the landing ground and began to shell and machine gun C Company positions, killing Lt Morrison.

Lt Morrison died on 30 November 1942, aged 21 years old, and is now buried at Enfidaville War Cemetery, Tunisia.

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James Richards said:
Today (8-9-23), I came back to a photo I have of a letter which was sent to my late grandmother. It is dated merely February 10th. The address is "Wold View", Sutton-on-Sea, Lincolnshire - the small town in which my mother, grandmother and many other members of my family were born - considered a rather genteel coastal resort from Victorian times onwards, though affected very badly by the 1953 flood. Anyway, the letter reads as follows: "Dear Mrs Simons, I am giving your little son the Bible my Kenneth had which was returned to me with his other belongings. I hope and pray he will grow up to be a great blessing to you and his father. Yours Sincerely, Kathleen M. Morrison". There is of course a memorial to Lt. Morrison in Sutton-on-Sea Methodist Chapel. Kathleen (maiden name Simons, though NOT a known relative) was in the Women's Land Army in WW2, having been in the Territorial Force Nursing Service in WW1. She died in 1969 aged 79 (resident at Windsor Castle!). My grandmother's (second) son, my uncle (born 1945!) was given the first name Kenneth. Only today do I understand why that was...
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