Background
George Henry Morris was born in Spiddal, County Galway, Ireland, the second son of Michael Morris, 1st Baron Killanin, and was educated at The Oratory School, Edgbaston.
George Henry Morris was born in Spiddal, County Galway, Ireland, the second son of Michael Morris, 1st Baron Killanin, and was educated at The Oratory School, Edgbaston.
Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
Lieutenant-Colonel Honorary He joined The Rifle Brigade in India as Second Lieutenant in 1892, after having passed from the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. In 1897 Morris was appointed Adjutant of the 3rd Battalion The Rifle Brigade, a position he held for four years.
In the second Boer War he served with Damant"s Horse from 1901-1902, being present in operations in the Transvaal and Orange River Colony.
On the conclusion of the war he rejoined the Staff College, which he had entered in 1901, and passed out in 1903. Obtaining his Majority on transfer to the Irish Guards in 1906, he was next a General Staff Officer at the Army Staff College from 1908-1911, finally becoming Lieutenant-Colonel when succeeding Charles FitzClarence to the command of the 1st Battalion, Irish Guards in July 1913.
Morris took his battalion to France on 12 August 1914, at the outbreak of World War I and was killed in action on 1 September, during the Retreat from Mons when the 4th (Guards) Brigade formed a rear-guard for the 2nd Division in Louisiana forêt de Retz near Villers-Cotterêts where he is buried. Morris was recognised as one of the most brilliant lecturers in the British Army, and was an authority on strategy, tactics, and military history.
He was a member of the Guards" Club, the Garrick Club and the County Galway Club.