| Surname: | Morley |
| Initials: | J |
| Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Army Number: | P/3490 |
| Notes: | MMP. Awarded the Victory and War Medals. First served abroad (1) France, 27/1/17. He enlisted in the MMP 11/7/16 age 32 years, occupation Hotel Manager, also shown as Sawyer, Silkswood Colliery. home address: Market Hotel, Durham. Attested 8/11/15, Army Reserve 9/11/15 to 10/7/16, Home 11/7/16 to 26/1/17, BEF 27/1/17 to 29/10/19, Home 30/10/19 to 27/11/19, class Z reserve 28/11/19. 11/2/17 Calais, 31/7/17 5 Army, 19/9/17 11 Division, 23/8/19 Douai. Joseph Morley. Joseph Morley was born at West Hartlepool, Durham in 1883. (he had various jobs before the war including shipyard labourer, nigh attendant for the insane, Sunderland Borough Council and sawyer at Silksworth Collier. He was employed at the collier in 1915 and after the national Registration of August 15th 1915, his job would have been "starred" as a reserve occupation. A final call for volunteers was made in late 2925 before the introduction of compulsory military service and under this scheme, known as the Derby Scheme, men could "volunteer now and enlist later". Joseph volunteered on 8th Dec 1915 at Sunderland bridge for the RAMC. He was aged 32years and lived with his wife and children (including the adopted Stanley Hedley Nesfield) at 38 Tunstall Terrace, New Silksworth. Having volunteered he was sent home to await call-up. He was called for a medical examination at Sunderland on 20th June 1916 and stated that he was now a Hotel Manager living at the Market Hotel, Durham. In July 1916 he went to Aldershot for training with the MMP. He served in the UK from 11th July 1916 to 26th Jan 1917 when he was posted to Rouen, France arriving on the 29th Jan 1917 serving at the 5 General Base Depot, Rouen. 11th Feb 1917 he was posted to the APM Calais for duty at Zeneghem which was 10km N W of Watten. Zeneghem was the location of a railway yard and large ammunition dump as well a hutted camps. 31st July he was posted to the PM, 5 Army attached to the 11 Division in the Ypres sector. In August 1918 he was based in Douai, north of Cambrai. He was demobilised on 27 November 1919 at Aldershot. |