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He served through the South African War, 1899-1902, receiving the Queen's medal with six bars (Belmont, Modder River, Dreifontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast) and the King's medal with two bars (1901, 1902), and obtained his discharge at his own request in Sept. 1906, after being with the Colours 19 years and 87 days, when he was awarded the Long Service and Good Conduct medal. He was servant to Capt. Weller-Poley, re-enlisted in the Sussex Yeomanry the day war was declared; went to the Dardanelles with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force in Sept., 1915, and was killed in action, 13 Nov. 1915; _unm._ He was buried in Anglesea Gully, Gallipoli. Writing to his brother, Mr. George Morton, of 4, North Road, Prestwich, Manchester, Capt. Weller-Poley said: "I feel that I have lost a true friend and trusted servant who can never be replaced," and Mr. Thomas Weller-Poley, of Chichester, J.P.: "Your brother Henry had been with us so long and was so much liked and respected by everyone, that the news of his death is a genuine sorrow to us and to the whole establishment." [Illustration: =Henry Morton.=] =MORTON, JAMES FAIRFAX AMPHLETT=, 2nd Lieut., 6th (Reserve Battn., attd. 2nd, King's Royal Rifle Corps, 2nd _s._ of James Amphlett Morton, of Puxton House, Kidderminster, by his wife, Edith Mary, dau. of the Rev. John Garland, Vicar of Ombersley, Worcestershire; _b._ Puxton House, afsd., 6 May, 1892; and was educ. at Repton and Clare College, Cambridge, where he rowed stroke in his college boat in the May Races, 1914. On the outbreak of war he at once applied for a commission through the University O.T.C. and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 7th (Service) Battn. K.R.R.C., early in Sept. 1914. After spending three weeks at a training camp for officers at Royston, Herts, he joined his battalion at Aldershot, but was subsequently transferred to the 6th (Reserve) Battn. at Sheerness. He left for France at the end of Nov. 1914, and was attached to the 2nd K.R.R.C. (2nd Brigade, 1st Division). He was killed in action near La Bassée, 10 Jan. 1915, during a counter-attack by the enemy to recover one of their trenches against which he had just led a successful assault. Buried in a garden at Cuinchy; _unm._ He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French's Despatch of 31 May [London Gazette, 22 June], 1915. [Illustration: =James F. A. Morton.=] =MORTON, WILFRED=, Private, No. 2581, 1/7th Battn. Durham Light Infantry (T.F.), eldest _s._ of William Morton, of 47, Otto Terrace, Sunderland, Quantity Surveyor, by his wife, Evelyn Mary, dau. of Lancelot Steel; _b._ Sunderland, 1 Dec. 1895; educ. Great Ayton, Sunderland, and Ackworth; was a pupil in his father's office; enlisted 6 Sept. 1914; went to the front, 19 April, 1915, was wounded and taken prisoner at Hooge, on Whit Monday, and was afterwards officially reported to have died, whilst a prisoner of war, in the Krieg Lazarette, Rossclare, 30 May, 1915, from wounds, and was buried at Rossclare; _unm._ =BOYD-MOSS, ERNEST WILLIAM, D.S.O.=, Major, 4th, attd. 9th, Battn. Worcestershire Regt., yr. _s._ of the late Matthew Henry Moss, of Belsize, Worthing; _b._ 26 Sept. 1876; educ. Tonbridge; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 1st Battn. Worcestershire Regt. from the Militia, 1 Dec. 1897; promoted Lieut. 2 Jan. 1900; Capt. 6 Feb. 1901, and temp. Major of the Battn., 22 Oct. 1914; was attd. to the West African Frontier Force, 12 Nov. 1904, to 11 July, 1907; served (1) in West Africa, 1898-9; took part in the operations in Sierra Leone (medal with clasp); (2) in the South African War, 1900-2, took part in the operations in the Orange Free State, Feb. to May, 1900; operations in Orange River Colony, May to 29 Nov. 1900, including actions at Ladybrand, 2-5 Sept, for which he was awarded the D.S.O.; operations in the Transvaal, Jan.-June, 1901; operations in Orange River Colony, 30 Nov. 1900-Jan. 1901, and June, 1901-Feb. 1902 (mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 10 Sept. 1901]; Queen's medal with three clasps and the King's medal with two clasps); and (3) with the Mediterranaean Expeditionary Force at the Dardanelles, and was killed in action at Sari Bair, 10 Aug. 1915. Major Boyd-Moss _m._ at Christ Church, Gorakhpur, U.P., India, Mary Elizabeth Grace (Elsie), dau. of Frank Middliton Howard, of Zehra, Gorakhpur, aforesaid, and had a son, Deryck Frank, _b._ 11 April, 1913. =MOSS, HERBERT=, Private, No. 126, A Coy., 8th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, eldest _s._ of Herbert Moss, of 182, Queen's Road, Upton Park, by his wife, Emily Ann, dau. of the late John Samuel Field; _b._ New Eltham, co. Kent, 29 June, 1894; educ. Stock Street Schools, Albert Road, Plaistow; went to Australia, 6 May, 1912, and when war broke out was employed on a farm belonging to Mrs. J. Greenbank, in Snake Valley, Victoria. He at once volunteered and joined the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force; sailed for Egypt; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles 25 April, 1915, and was killed in action there the same day, being shot through the forehead in a charge; _unm._ Letters from his former employer and from his officers and comrades speak very highly of him. =MOSS, HORACE GEORGE=, Signalman, J. 12422, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914. =MOSS, SAMUEL=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 3653), 177261. H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =MOTRONI, PETER GEORGE=, Private, No. 8727, 2nd Battn. Suffolk Regt., 2nd _s._ of Anthony Motroni, of 14, Permit Office Street, Ipswich, by his wife, Carmela, dau. of Dominico Marcantonio, of Atina, Italy; _b._ Colchester, co. Essex, 1 July, 1895; educ. St. Pancras R.C. School, and St. Mary's Convent School, Ipswich; enlisted 4 April, 1913; went to France, 11 Sept. 1914, and was killed in action at Hooges, near Ypres, 19 July, 1915; _unm._ [Illustration: =Peter George Motroni.=] =MOTRONI, UMBERTO AMEDIE=, Corpl. No. 1756, Suffolk Regt., 3rd _s._ of Anthony Motroni, of 14, Permit Office Street, Ipswich by his wife, Carmela, dau. of Dominico Marcantonio, of Atina, Italy; _b._ at Ipswich, 1898; enlisted 7 Oct. 1913; went to France, 6 Nov. 1914, was promoted Corpl. in March, 1916, and was killed in action, 15 July, 1916; _unm._ [Illustration: =Umberto Amedie Motroni.=] =MOTT, GEORGE=, Chief Petty Officer (N.S.) (R.F.R., A. 1944), 148075, H.M.S. Hog |