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Morris Moss Bright "Morry"
Born:
23 Av 5650 (09 August 1890)
Died:
1 Tevet 5726 (24 December 1965)
Basic Information
Unique reference:
BRI0257
Gender:
Male
Birth
Date of birth:
23 Av 5650 (09 August 1890)
Place of birth:
Poplar, East End
Death
Date of death:
1 Tevet 5726 (24 December 1965)
Died in combat?:
No
Place of death:
Hammersmith Hospital
Cause of death:
Illness
Burial place:
Western Jewish Cemetery, Edmonton
Places
Other Organisations
Name:
Association of Jewish Ex Servicemen (AJEX)
Significance:
President
Name:
Royal Navy
Date:
1905
Significance:
Signed up as a boy entrant and placed on the HMS Granger
Synagogues
Name:
Great Synagogue, London
Marriage between Morris and Gertrude at the Great Synagogue 1918
Website about his family and life created by Grandson Simon Silver
http://www.commander-bright.freeolamail.com/
Family
Spouse
Gertrude Wisberg "Gertie" (female)
Other surname / Maiden name:
Bright
Place of marriage:
Great Synagogue, 1918
Country of marriage:
London
Children
Cecil Bright (male)
Jule Bright (male)
Minnie Silver (female)
Burly Bright (male)
Siblings
Hilda Bright (female)
Rose Bright (female)
Bertha Bright (female)
Hettie Bright (female)
Daniel Bright (male)
Parents
Father: Samuel Bright (male)
Mother: Annie Rosenthal "Booba" (female)
1 of 11Annie Bright
2 of 11Annie Bright
3 of 11Brighton beach with the family
4 of 11Gertrude - postcard sent to Morris 1917
5 of 11Gertrude - postcard sent to Morris 1917
6 of 11Gertrude - postcard sent to Morris 1917
7 of 11Gertrude - postcard sent to Morris 1917
8 of 11Gertrude
9 of 11Gertrude - postcard sent to Morris 1917
10 of 11Sister Bertha
11 of 11With son, Burly
1 of 11Annie Bright
2 of 11Annie Bright- 3 of 11Brighton beach with the family
4 of 11Gertrude - postcard sent to Morris 1917
5 of 11Gertrude - postcard sent to Morris 1917
6 of 11Gertrude - postcard sent to Morris 1917
7 of 11Gertrude - postcard sent to Morris 1917
8 of 11Gertrude
9 of 11Gertrude - postcard sent to Morris 1917
10 of 11Sister Bertha
11 of 11With son, Burly
Homefront
Military Record
Military service:
Royal Navy
Date enlisted/conscripted:
1914
Rank at discharge/death:
Lieutenant (Officer in 2nd World War)
Assignments
Regiment:
Royal Navy
Posting:
HMS Minerva (1914-1918)
HMS Pembroke (1919)
HMS Pembroke (1919)
Campaigns:
Suez Canal,
Gallipoli
Bombardment of Akaba
Gallipoli
Bombardment of Akaba
Medals:
Mons Star
British War Medal
Victory Medal
British War Medal
Victory Medal
1 of 241941 - M.M Bright serving at the Admiralty in London
2 of 24Acting Warrant Officer paperwork
3 of 24Anglo Jewry in the Blitz and Battle extract
4 of 24Appointment to Acting Warrant Officer 1914
5 of 24British War Medal
6 of 24Deckplan of HMS Minerva
7 of 24HMS Minerva
8 of 24HMS Pembroke
9 of 24Jews in the Navy extract
10 of 24Military Record
11 of 24Mons Star
12 of 24Royal Navy List 1914
13 of 24Jewish Chronicle - Letter from M M Bright 1914
14 of 24Military Record
15 of 24Parade News Clipping
16 of 24Recalled to serve in 1939
17 of 24Recalled to serve in 1939
18 of 24Service Record 1914
19 of 24Service Record 1917
20 of 24Victory Medal
21 of 24Second World War Forms
22 of 24Second World War - Distinguished Service Cross
23 of 24Second World War Forms
24 of 24Second World War Forms
1 of 241941 - M.M Bright serving at the Admiralty in London
2 of 24Acting Warrant Officer paperwork
3 of 24Anglo Jewry in the Blitz and Battle extract
4 of 24Appointment to Acting Warrant Officer 1914
5 of 24British War Medal
6 of 24Deckplan of HMS Minerva
7 of 24HMS Minerva
8 of 24HMS Pembroke
9 of 24Jews in the Navy extract
10 of 24Military Record
11 of 24Mons Star
12 of 24Royal Navy List 1914
13 of 24Jewish Chronicle - Letter from M M Bright 1914
14 of 24Military Record
15 of 24Parade News Clipping
16 of 24Recalled to serve in 1939
17 of 24Recalled to serve in 1939
18 of 24Service Record 1914
19 of 24Service Record 1917
20 of 24Victory Medal
21 of 24Second World War Forms
22 of 24Second World War - Distinguished Service Cross
23 of 24Second World War Forms
24 of 24Second World War Forms
Other Occupations
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