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2nd Lieut. 22 May, 1911; promoted Lieut. 1913; and attd. to the Royal
Flying Corps on 15 Sept. 1914; acted as Assistant Instructor at the
Upavon Flying School until he proceeded to the Front in France, in
December, 1914. He was killed by a shell whilst observing for artillery
fire from an aeroplane, during the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, on 10
March, 1915; _unm._ He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord)
French's Despatch of 31 May [London Gazette, 22 June, 1915] for gallant
and distinguished service in the field.
[Illustration: =Albert Ernest Morgan.=]
=MORGAN, ARTHUR=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 968), 141514, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MORGAN, EDWARD CHARLES=, 2nd Lieut., 1st, attd. to 5th Battn.
Royal Berkshire Regt., elder _s._ of Charles Morgan, of Guildford,
Surrey and formerly of Burdon Hall, Shackleford, M.A. Cantab., late
Naval Instructor, R.N., by his wife, Kathleen Courtenay, dau. of Edward
Robinson, of West Meath, and granddau. of the late Thomas Morgan,
F.S.A.; _b._ Blackheath, 19 Dec. 1897; educ. at Haileybury and the
Royal Military College, Sandhurst; obtained his first commission, 15
July, 1914, and shortly afterwards proceeded to France as an observer
in the Royal Flying Corps, subsequently joining his Battn. in the
trenches. He was killed by a shell when in charge of a machine gun,
with three of his men, several others being wounded, on 18 Dec. 1915;
_unm._ He was buried in Windy Corner (the Guards' Cemetery),
Givenchy. Lieut.-Col. F. W. Foley, in command of his Battn., wrote: "he
was killed by a large shell, the first one from the German artillery
on their suddenly opening fire in this locality.... I always felt in
the position of a parent to him, he was so young ... all his officers
loved him, and none more than I did; he was a perfectly delightful boy,
and a first-rate officer.... I arranged with the Chaplain to bury him
to-morrow morning in a coffin, and I will see that a cross is put up to
his memory."
[Illustration: =Edward Charles Morgan.=]
=MORGAN, FRANCIS MATTHEW=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 5502, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=MORGAN, GEORGE=, Private, No. 4058, 3rd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, eldest _s._ of the late William Morgan, of Worminster,
near Shepton Mallet, Farm Labourer, by his wife, Mary, dau. of William
Billing; _b._ North Wooten, near Shepton Mallet, co. Somerset, 12
May, 1883; educ. North Wooten Church of England School; enlisted 6 Feb.
1901; went to France, 12 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action by the
explosion of a bomb at Vermelles, Belgium, 8 Oct. 1915. He _m._
at Shepton Mallet, 19 Sept. 1905, Florence (The Mill House, Shepton
Mallet), 7th dau. of William Woolley, of Shepton Mallet, Farmer, and
had four children: Ethel, _b._ 14 Oct. 1906; Edith Gwendoline,
_b._ 9 Sept. 1907; Lillian Beatrice, _b._ 20 Feb. 1909; and
Marion Olive, _b._ 27 Nov. 1910.
[Illustration: =George Morgan.=]
=MORGAN, HARRY=, Lieut., 3rd Battn. Auckland (Countess of
Ranfurly's Own) Regt., _s._ of William Morgan, of Birmingham, by
his wife, Harriet, dau. of James Duffield; _b._ West Bromwich,
co. Stafford; educ. Birmingham; went to New Zealand about 1891 and
was for some time Officer Commanding the 88th Coy. of Senior Cadets,
Auckland. On the outbreak of war he volunteered for foreign service and
was gazetted 2nd Lieut., 3rd Battn. Auckland Regt., 28 March, 1912, and
promoted Lieut., 8 April, 1915, being Provost-Marshal while in Epsom
Camp before proceeding with his regt. to the Front. He was killed in
action at Cape Helles, 8 May, 1915. Capt. Frazer, since invalided to
Auckland, told Lieut. Morgan's wife: "The day on which he fell there
had been a terrible charge. He was one of those to get back to the
trenches safely, but, on peering out, saw some wounded still under
fire. At his own risk he went out and brought one man in who had been
shot in the thigh, and then started out for a brother officer, whom he
had passed when getting the wounded man in. Unfortunately a sniper got
him, and ended a glorious career"; and Lieut. Topham, Gallipoli, wrote:
"I was quite near to him when he fell; he was shot through the head and
only lived a few minutes. It had always been said that he would either
get killed in action or win a V.C. He was so daring and had absolutely
no fear. It happened down at Cape Helles on 8 May, the day on which
the New Zealand Infantry made history.... He fell in the thick of the
fight and died game, and was buried that night where he fell. A wooden
cross was placed at the head of his grave by some of the men of his
company." An Auckland nurse from the 15th General Hospital, Alexandria,
stated: "The soldier who told me of his death said his conduct had been
most heroic, and that he was seen night after night creeping out of the
trenches to help back the wounded soldiers." Lieut. Morgan _m._
at Auckland, 12 May, 1897, Euphemia Margaret ("Waiuna," Rata Street,
New Lynn, Auckland), yst. dau. of David Heron, late Madras Commissariat
Department, India, and had one dau., Gwendolen Margaret, _b._ 6
June, 1911.
[Illustration: =Harry Morgan.=]
=MORGAN, ROBERT WILLIAM=, Private, No. 696, 11th Battn. Australian
Imperial Force, 2nd _s._ of the late William Henry Morgan, of
13, Albert Road, Leyton, Commercial Traveller, by his wife, Mary Ann
(25, Wellesley Road, Leytonstone), dau. of Joseph Barnes, of Torquay,
Devon; _b._ Leyton, co. Essex, 3 Sept. 1884; educ. Newport School,
Leyton; enlisted in the 1st Battn. Northamptonshire Regt., 28 Jan.
1901; served in the South African War and afterwards in India, where
he finished his service with the Colours. In 1909 he emigrated to
Western Australia, and on the outbreak of war joined the Commonwealth
Expeditionary Force and sailed for Egypt, Sept. 1914. He died on board
H.M. Hospital Ship Sicilian, 9 June, 1915, of wounds received in action
at the Dardanelles on the 4th of that month while on observation duty;
_unm._
[Illustration: =Robert William Morgan.=]
=MORGAN, STEPHEN BEVERLEY=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd attd. 1st Battn.
Leicestershire Regt., 2nd _s._ of Frederick Beverley Morgan, of
Muscalls, Paddock Wood, Kent, by his wife, Clara Elizabeth, dau. of
Major Edgworth Horrocks; _b._ Tunbridge Wells, 22 April, 1896;
educ. Hurstleigh, Tunbridge Wells, and Clifton College; gazetted
2nd Lieut. to the 3rd Leicestershires, 15 Aug. 1914; went to France
attached to the 1st Battn., and was killed in action by shell fire in
the trenches near Armentières, 14 May, 1915; _unm._ Buried in
the Regimental Burial Ground behind the trenches. He was a well-known
cricketer, and played for the Public Schools at Lords, in the summer of
1914.
[Illustration: =Stephen Beverley Morgan.=]
=MORGANS, THOMAS ALFRED=, Leading Seaman, 239252, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=MORIARTY, THOMAS=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3851), 204033, H.M.S. Hawke;
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