Morris was born on 30 March 1915 in Manchester, Lancashire to Solomon, a tailors presser and Annie nee Hyman and he had four sisters, Freda, Edna, Miriam and Doreen and a brother Leslie. Their father Solomon served in WW1. Initially in the Army before transferring to the Royal Flying Corps from 1 April 1918 until 30 April 1920.

In 1939, the family lived at 298 Great Cheetham Street West in Salford and Morris worked as a waterproof machinist.

Morris enlisted into the Army on 24 June 1940 and was transferred to the South Wales Borderers and was serving in India when he died. The cause of his death is unknown.

He died in Bangalore and was initially buried in the Jewish Grave Yard on the Mysore Road. His remains were transferred to the Madras War Cemetery in Chennai at a later date. His original headstone is still cared for in Bangalore.