On 9 September 1953, Motor Launch Tamar on patrol in the Pearl River off Hong Kong was fired on by a Chinese Communist Ship. Amongst those killed was Able Seaman Reginald G Morris SSX 835915 and it is possible that he was from King’s Sutton. The name R Morris appears on the War Memorial in the village where it states: Killed in Action in Hong Kong area 1953 Can anyone recall this event please and connect it to Banburyshire? Michael Allbrook
England & Wales, Birth Index: 1916-2005 about Reginald G Morris Name: Reginald G Morris Mother's Maiden Surname: Robbins Date of Registration: Oct Nov Dec 1931 Registration district: Brackley Registration county: Hertfordshire, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Middlesex Volume Number: 3a This sounds very much like him. HTH D. Howes --- On Tue, 15/9/09, Michael Allbrook <michael@allbrook.com> wrote: From: Michael Allbrook <michael@allbrook.com> Subject: [BAN] R Morris Killed in Action in Hong Kong area 1953 To: ENG-BANBURY-AREA@rootsweb.com Date: Tuesday, 15 September, 2009, 3:43 PM On 9 September 1953, Motor Launch Tamar on patrol in the Pearl River off Hong Kong was fired on by a Chinese Communist Ship. Amongst those killed was Able Seaman Reginald G Morris SSX 835915 and it is possible that he was from King’s Sutton. The name R Morris appears on the War Memorial in the village where it states: Killed in Action in Hong Kong area 1953 Can anyone recall this event please and connect it to Banburyshire? Michael Allbrook Some useful websites: FREECEN - http://www.freecen.org.uk/ FREEBMD - http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ FREEREG - http://www.freereg.org.uk/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-BANBURY-AREA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
Hi Michael This lists those who died but sadly no biog details http://www.naval-history.net/xDKCas1953.htm I found one article in the Times about the incident but no names are mentioned of those killed, I can forward it if required Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > On 9 September 1953, Motor Launch Tamar on patrol in the Pearl River off > Hong Kong was fired on by a Chinese Communist Ship. Amongst those > killed was Able Seaman Reginald G Morris SSX 835915 and it is possible > that he was from King’s Sutton. > > The name R Morris appears on the War Memorial in the village where it > states: Killed in Action in Hong Kong area 1953 > > Can anyone recall this event please and connect it to Banburyshire? > > Michael Allbrook