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We regret to have to announce the death of Mr. William Arthur Morris, of the 1st Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers, now on active service in South Africa, which took place early on Tuesday morning at the Infirmary, Denbigh. Deceased, who was only 26 years of age, was with General Sir Redvers Buller whilst attempting to relieve Ladysmith. In one of the engagements he was wounded in the ankle and chest. He was invalided home, and arrived in Denbigh on Saturday, the 28th of April. Deceased, whose wounds seemed to be progressing favourably, was taken to the Infirmary on the Tuesday following his arrival, when it was found that he was suffering from an affection of the lungs, caused by lying on the veldt for five days and nights in the rain. In spite of every care, he died on Tuesday. Deceased had served seven years of his life with his regiment in India, and had seen a great deal of active service. It is a melancholy coincidence that he was to have been married on the day of his death, and great sympathy is felt with his intended wife, and his seven brothers and two sisters. The funeral, which will be of a military character, takes place to-day (Friday).
The North Wales Times, Saturday 12th May 1900



Corporal W. A. Morris, whose funeral has taken place at Denbigh, his native place, had been in South Africa with his regiment - the Royal Welsh Fusiliers. He was at the battle of Colenso, in which he received several wounds, and was for a long time without medical aid. Disease of the lung setting in, he was invalided home, and, after being at Netley Hospital, went on two months' furlough to his native town. He was about to be married, but on the day fixed for the wedding he died in the infirmary. The funeral was attended by a portion of his regiment from the Wrexham depot, the Denbigh Volunteers, Denbigh Hussars, and sections from Ruthin, and military honours were accorded the deceased.
The Western Mail, Tuesday 15th May 1900

Military Funeral. - On Friday afternoon last, the mortal remains of Wm. Arthur Morris, whose death at the Infirmary we have already reported, and who took part under General Buller in the fights for the relief of Ladysmith, were conveyed to their last resting place at Eglwyswen. The deceased was a Royal Welsh Fusilier, and the pathetic circumstances of his death, at so early an age, caused a very painful sensation amongst a large circle of friends. the funeral 'cortege' started a little after five from the house of the deceased's brother at Wesley Place. Members of the Denbigh and Ruthin Volunteers, and also the Denbighshire Yeomanry mustered for the occasion under Captain Watkin Davies. The procession was headed by the Volunteer Band (under Bandmaster C. M. Humphreys, to the rear of whom came the firing party under Col. Sergeant Helsby and Corporal Bartley. The coffin was covered by the Union Jack, the deceased's helmet being also on the coffin. The dead march was played by the band, and the procession wended its way towards Eglwyswen amidst universal signs of mourning. The Rector (the Rev. Dan Davies) officiated at the house, and the graveside.
The North Wales Times, Saturday 19th May 1900

Eglwyswen or Whitchurch, the white church, is St Marcella's Anglican church, in Denbigh. parish.churchinwales.org.uk/a021/churches-en/st-marcellas_-en/