Background
POLLOK MORRIS, William was born on March 12, 1867. Son of Colonel R. M. Pollok Morris of Craig, Kilmarnock.
POLLOK MORRIS, William was born on March 12, 1867. Son of Colonel R. M. Pollok Morris of Craig, Kilmarnock.
Harrow; Trinity College, Oxford.
Entered army, 1886; Captain, 1893. Major, 1900; 2nd in com. 1903; Lieutenant-Colonel commanding the Regiment, 1906.
Served Chitral, 1895 (medal with clasp). Tirah Expedition, 1897-1898 (despatches, three clasps). South Africa, 1899- 1902 (despatches, slightly wounded, Companion of the Distinguished Service Order, Queen's medal with four clasps, King’s medal witli two clasps). Companion of the Distinguished Service Order 1902; 18th Victoria Mary, Princess of Wales’s Hussars.
Clubs: Naval and Military, Cavalry.
Spouse 1907, Jane Catherine, daughter of Robert Jameson Torrie, 1 Glenfinlas Street, Edinburgh.
Lieutenant-Colonel.