Fl. Sgt Samuel Pryce Morris
Royal Air Force

Samuel Pryce Morris was born in 1923. He was known as Jack and lived at Sycamore Cottage.  He was the eldest of seven children and later lived with relatives at Fernhill where he was employed. He joined the RAF and became a Flight Sergeant in 158 Squadron of Bomber Command. He died on 20 Feb 1944 when his Halifax III bomber crashed shortly after taking off from its base at Lissett Aerodrome, near Bridlington, en route for a bombing raid on Germany. One must presume this was not his first such mission. He was aged 21. Over 12,000 bombers were shot down or crashed during World War II, and 55,500 aircrew were killed, the highest attrition rate of any British unit. He is buried in Llanfechain.

In 1994 a schoolgirl named Georgina Wood found a plaque (pictured left) in a field near Atwick, Yorkshire. The plaque contained the names of the 7 airmen who were killed when Samuel Morris’ aircraft crashed.

She subsequently tended the memorial and was recognised for her concern by the RAF.