Morris Van Thal

Private Morris Julius Van Thal was a Dutch-born soldier of the British Army who died during the First World War.
He was born on 22 August 1894, in Rotterdam, the son of Julius and Rachel Van Thal (née Pool)."Netherlands, Zuid-Holland Province, Civil Registration, 1679-1942," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVMJ-Z44J : accessed 15 August 2015), Morris Julius Van Thal, 22 Aug 1894; citing Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands, Nationaal Archief, Den Haag (National Archives, The Hague); FHL microfilm 1,799,601. Van Thal attended St John's College, at Westcliff, England, and enlisted in the army during the war.
Van Thal died on 29 April 1917, during the Battle of Arras, while serving on the Western Front with the 24th (Service) Battalion (2nd Sportsman's), The Royal Fusiliers.
He has no known grave and is commemorated by the Arras Memorial.
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==References==
*Ancestry.co.uk.
*Van Thal, Morris Julius, cwgc.org. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
Category:1894 births
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Category:Dutch military personnel
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Category:British people of Jewish descent
Category:British people of Dutch descent
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Category:Arras Memorial
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