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Surname: RISHWORTH
Forename(s): Morris
Place of Birth: Keighley, Yorkshire
Service No: 135029
Rank: Driver
Regiment / Corps / Service: Royal Field Artillery
Battalion / Unit: 44th Battery 13th Brigade
Division: 14th (Indian) Division
Age: 23
Date of Death: 1917-07-11
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: III. G. 7.
CWGC Cemetery: BAGHDAD (NORTH GATE) WAR CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: COWLING, YORKSHIRE
Local War Memorial: ICKORNSHAW, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Morris Rishworth was the son of Noah and Mary Ann Rishworth, née Whitaker. Noah (son of Sarah Throup, later Rishworth) was born at Silsden and Mary at Cowling, Yorkshire.
1901 Cowling, Yorkshire Census: Nan Scar - Morris Rishworth, aged 6 years, born Cowling, son of Noah and Mary A. Rishworth.
1911 Cowling, Yorkshire Census: 8, Ickornshaw - Morris Rishworth, aged 16 years, born Cowling, son of Noah and Mary Ann Rishworth.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Dvr Morris Rishworth, 135029, R. F. A.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Dvr Morris Rishworth, 135029, R.F.A. Dead 11.7.17.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Dr Morris Rishworth, 135029, 44/13th Bde. R.F.A. Date and Place of Death: 11.7.17. 22nd Combined Fd. Amb. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Father - Noah. £10 4s. 4d.
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
RISHWORTH, Driver Maurice, No. 1 Mobile Section, 14th Division, son of Mr. and Mrs. Rishworth, Cowling, died in Mesopotamia, 1917.
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Driver Morris RISHWORTH
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Royal Field Artillery
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 14th (Indian) Division
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