WO2 Warrant officer (WO) is a rank or category of ranks in the armed forces of many countries. Depending on the country, service, or historical context, warrant officers are sometimes classified as the most junior of the commissioned ranks, the mos ...

John Thomas Morris MM (17 October 1931 - 10 March 2015) was a

British Army The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force. , the British Army comprises 79,380 regular full-time personnel, 4,090 Gurk ...

soldier of the

Royal Leicestershire Regiment The Leicestershire Regiment (Royal Leicestershire Regiment after 1946) was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, with a history going back to 1688. The regiment saw service for three centuries, in numerous wars and conflicts such as both W ...

who won the

Military Medal The Military Medal (MM) was a military decoration awarded to personnel of the British Army and other arms of the armed forces, and to personnel of other Commonwealth countries, below commissioned rank, for bravery in battle on land. The award ...

in Korea in 1951 in an action against the Chinese at Maryang San.John Morris - obituary.
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'', 11 June 2015. Retrieved 13 June 2015.

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1931 births 2015 deaths British Army personnel of the Korean War Recipients of the Military Medal Royal Leicestershire Regiment soldiers Military personnel from Brighton {{British-Army-bio-stub