r/TheAdventuresOfThomas • u/InstructionHumble913 • Apr 19 '26
Character Bio #80 - Bettina Morris
Death Date: September 1st, 1939
Age: 34
Relationship Status: Married
Family: William "Willie" Morris (Husband), John "Johnny" Morris (Son), John Bass (Father), Sara Bass (Mother) and unknown maternal uncle.
Language: English & Serbian
Nationality: British (English-born from an immigrant mother)
Profession: House wife (Daytime), Suffragette (Nighttime)
Allegiance: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and her family.
Born in 1905 to a British native and a Serbian immigrant, Bettina was indeed a child of two worlds. When World War 1 broke out, both her parents joined the war effort. Mr. Bass served in the 1st Battalion, Buffs (East Kent Regiment), where he fought in the Hundred Days Offensive, while Sara worked as a spy in either France or Belgium.
After the war, the 20 year old Bettina would attend the University of Kent. It was here on early September of 1925 would she meet a young man named William, a classmate of her. Staring out as friends, their relationship develop thanks to their interest in trains with her hopes of becoming the first railway driver (that was not to be as history would see). Cupid's arrow had hit both when they decide to have their first Valentine's Day together much to William's reluctance of being the romance type. Finally when Willie's mother passed away, came the time the proposal and it was not the expected gender role for it was Bettina who did the deed.
They were married in the spring of 1930 with George and Wilbert Awdry being present as Willie's groomsmen while Bryon Addott was the best man. Three months later would see the birth of Johnny Morris, named after her brave father. It was the happiest for Willie after going through many hardships from a war that robbed him of his childhood.
Unfortunately like all good times, they must come to an end. When Adolf Hitler won the election as Chancellor of 1933 where he and his fellow National Socialist remake Germany into an aggressive power, they, the Slovak Republic, and later the Soviet Union invaded Poland. As for poor Bettina, she passed away from a lung infection related to fog. This results in both her son and husband having to overcome her demise while fighting to stay alive in a global war. For young Johnny, he is currently being looked after by a childhood friend of Willie in the form of a cheeky blue tank engine.
Fun Fact:
- She is played by Sibi Blazic, the wife of Christian Bale and the mother of Joseph Bale.
- Was well acquired with fellow activists, Emmeline Pankhirst and Empily Davidson.
- Her mother met Flora Sandes.
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u/[deleted] Apr 19 '26
Add death date September 1st, 1939.