Morris Althansen

Private Moses Althousen, who served as Morris Althansen, was an English soldier of the British Army who died during the First World War.
He was born in 1896, in St George in the East, the son of slipper maker Jacob and Millie Althousen (née Tropp), originally of Russia and Austria, respectively. As Althansen, he enlisted on 12 August 1914, at which time he was working as a labourer.Ancestry.com. British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.
Aged 20, Althansen died on 1 July 1916, on the first day of the Somme Offensive, while serving on the Western Front with the 1st Battalion, The King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment).
He has no known grave and is commemorated by the Thiepval Memorial.
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==References==
*Ancestry.co.uk.
*Althansen, Morris, cwgc.org. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
Category:1896 births
Category:1916 deaths
Category:British military personnel
Category:British Army
Category:British people of Jewish descent
Category:British people of Austrian descent
Category:British people of Russian descent
Category:Burial Unknown
Category:Thiepval Memorial
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