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From the autobiography of Ted Morris, in referance to his brother Archer Morris. [circa 1970] In March 1912 my brother (Archibold Morris) emigrated to Canada, he asked Mr Walker, if he would give him a character to take with him, he said "I will give you an excellent one, but I will give you a better one to stop here''. Then he asked me if I would take my brother's job on as waggoner, at 15/- a week and I said "No thank you Sir, now he is going I will not feel content here'. Then he went and saw my father, and asked him if he would try to persuade me to go to Ankerdine farm and look after his Hereford herd. My father said "You had better go'' so I went.  Knightwick School Records:- Archer Morris (Archibald) Born: 13th August, 1891 Parents: William and Phoebe Morris Address: Darby's Common Father's occupation: Labourer Admission: 11th May, 1896 Left: 2nd September, 1904 129th Canadian Over-seas Expedtionary Force The address below, gives Archibald living first at Stoney Creek, Ontario. Then at, 20 East Bend Avenue, Hamilton, Ontario. The 129th Battalion, which was authorized on 22 December 1915 as the '129th "Overseas" Battalion, CEF', embarked for Britain on 24 August 1916. Its personnel were absorbed by the '123rd ' and '124th "Overseas" Battalion, CEF' on 18 October 1916 to provide reinforcements to the Canadian Corps in the field until.The battalion was disbanded on 21 May 1917. Canadian Virtual War Memorial In memory of: Private Archibald Morris August 18, 1917. Military Service Service Number: 784873 Age: 26 Force: Army Unit: Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment) Division: 3rd Bn. Born: August 13, 1891 Son of William and Phoebe Morris of Darby's Common, Knightwick, Worcester, England. Commemorated on Page 297 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Cemetery: VIMY MEMORIAL Pas de Calais, France Inscription – His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial (2010). Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. Vimy Memorial – Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. Canada's most impressive tribute overseas to those Canadians who fought and gave their lives in the First World War is the majestic and inspiring Vimy Memorial, which overlooks the Douai Plain from the highest point of Vimy Ridge, about eight kilometres northeast of Arras on the N17 towards Lens. The Memorial is signposted from this road to the left, just before you enter the village of Vimy from the south. The memorial itself is someway inside the memorial park, but again it is well signposted. At the base of the memorial, these words appear in French and in English: TO THE VALOUR OF THEIR COUNTRYMEN IN THE GREAT WAR AND IN MEMORY OF THEIR SIXTY THOUSAND DEAD THIS MONUMENT IS RAISED BY THE PEOPLE OF CANADA Inscribed on the ramparts of the Vimy Memorial are the names of over 11,000 Canadian soldiers who were posted as 'missing, presumed dead' in France. A plaque at the entrance to the memorial states that the land for the battlefield park, 91.18 hectares in extent, was 'the free gift in perpetuity of the French nation to the people of Canada'. Construction of the massive work began in 1925, and 11 years later, on July 26, 1936, the monument was unveiled by King Edward VIII. The park surrounding the Vimy Memorial was created by horticultural experts. Canadian trees and shrubs were planted in great masses to resemble the woods and forests of Canada. Wooded parklands surround the grassy slopes of the approaches around the Vimy Memorial. Trenches and tunnels have been restored and preserved and the visitor can picture the magnitude of the task that faced the Canadian Corps on that distant dawn when history was made. On April 3, 2003, the Government of Canada designated April 9th of each year as a national day of remembrance of the Battle of Vimy Ridge.

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