Maurice was an only child born in 1910 in Wandsworth to Solomon Moses and Hannah nee Musaphia. Solomon worked as a costumier and ladies hairdresser and legally changed his name in 1926 to Saul Max Morrison. Maurice worked as a master dyer and cleaner before he enlisted in 1940.

Maurice died on 12 July 1941 in Middleton Sanitorium. His death certificate states that his cause of death was: ‘1(a) Tuberculosis Meningitis (b) Pulmonary Tuberculosis.’ He was initially buried in Leeds Cemetery before he was moved and reburied in Willesden Jewish Cemetery.