Name
Edward Charles Morgan
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
18/12/1915
17
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Second Lieutenant
Princess Charlotte of Wales’ (Royal Berkshire) Regiment
1st Bn., attached 5th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
GUARDS CEMETERY, WINDY CORNER, CUINCHY
III. H. 3.
France
UK & Other Memorials
Haileybury College Cloister Wall Memorial, Hertford Heath
Pre War
Born on 19 Dec 1897 in Blackheath, London son of Charles Morgan (Comdr. R.N.) and of Kathleen Courtenay (Robinson) his wife of 6 Lansdowne Square, Hove, Brighton. Educated at Haileybury College 1911-14 and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He was unmarried.
Wartime Service
Gazetted 2nd Lieutenant on 15 Jul 1914 and entered France as an observer for the Royal Flying Corps. He soon joined his battalion in the trenches and was killed in action by a shell while in charge of a machine-gun at Givenchy.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Karen Smith - Acting Director of External Relations www.haileybury.com/honour
