Charles Merrefield MORGAN

Commemorated:
1. Memorial:	Tyne Cot Memorial

Awards & Titles:

Education & Career :

Merchant / Ironmonger (1907).

Service Life:

Campaigns:

The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.

Unit / Ship / Est.: 8th Battalion The King's Royal Rifle Corps

Action : No Data

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Volunteered for service as a Rifleman (A/289) in the Kings Royal Rifle Corps, 8th Battalion, attested 8th August 1914. Promoted through 1914-1917 attaining the rank of Sergeant. He was wounded at Abbeville on the 16th September 1916 with at least a gun shot wound to the thigh and after some time in the Norfolk War Hospital, joined the Depot. After 5 months he returned to the field.

Masonic :

Type	Lodge Name and No.	Province/District :
Mother :	Old Sinjins No. 3232 E.C.	London

Initiated	Passed	Raised
21st September 1907	16th November 1907	18th January 1908

At a meeting - 15th September 1917 - The lodge secretary read out a letter from Captain Barber of the 8th Kings Royal Rifles stating that Bro Morgan had been killed in action at Flanders on the 22nd August 1917.The letter was read out to the members testifying to the bravery, pluck and endurance of Bro Morgan.

Source :

The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The (UK) National Archives
Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry

Additional Source:

Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
Researcher : Bruce Littley
Researcher : Rob Davies - Old Sinjins Lodge No. 3232

Last Updated: 2018-11-18 10:55:49