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File Reference 2RB721
Name Michael Morris
Gender male
Address detail
Street Kyle
County Wexford
Country Ireland
Notes Date of birth not recorded on file
Date of death 1922-12-28
Place Kyle, County Wexford, Ireland
Easter rising service No
Organisation Irish Republican Army
Rank Private
Unit 4 Battalion
Company D Company
Brigade South Wexford Brigade
Organisation Irish Republican Army
Rank Private
Unit Active Service Unit
Brigade South Wexford Brigade
Pension Claim No
Award Pension No
Military Service Pensions Acts 1924 No
Military Service Pensions Acts 1934 No
Military Service Pensions Acts 1949 No
Digital file Scanned/digital copy2RB721 Michael Morris.pdf
File dates 20 November 1933 – 26 July 1960
Subject Information Partial file relates to applications made under the Army Pensions Acts by Richard Morris and Gertrude Lambert, in respect of their son and brother, respectively, IRA Private Michael Morris. The outcome of these applications is unclear from the material on file. Michael Morris was killed during the Civil War by the accidental discharge of his own rifle near Kyle, County Wexford on 28 December 1922. It is stated that Morris was travelling cross country and climbing a gate when his rifle accidentally went off. According to material on file Michael Morris served with the IRA from 1920 onwards and during the War of Independence, Truce period and Civil War. File includes: signed handwritten statements and letters regarding Michael Morris’ service and death from Robert Lambert, Myles Harpur and Thomas Howlett.