Personal Profile

Gnr. Morgan, Edwin Chas

Gunner

Date of Birth: 1890, St Marks, Swansea (RAA)
Occupation: Furnaceman (1911)
1917 Serv. No: 725121
Other service: S/S Bdr 738698 (enl 4/4/21, disch 13/7/22)
Demobilised: 1/3/1919
Awards: BWM. VIC. TWM. TEM (May 22)

Personal Details

WORKING NOTES

Bn c1890, Swansea (CENS). Parents William John and Mary Ann

1901 - 15 Symons St, Swansea. 10yo. W Parents & 3 siblings. Father Drayman

1911 - 57 Colbourn Terrace, St Marks. 20yo. Occ-Furnaceman-Spelter? Works. W Parents & 5 siblings

1912 - Married Mary Beatrice Beale, 25/5/1912, Swansea

1918 - 67 Colbourne Terrace. Occ-Soldier. Baptism of Edwin James, bn 23/1/1915. Wife - Mary Beatrice

1921 - 16 Byron Crescent. 31y7m. Occ-Builder Labourer, Thomas Richards, Builders, Northampton Lane, Swansea. W wife and 4 children

1921 - RAA - 16 Byron Crescent, Waun Wen, Swansea. Children William A (1912), Edwin J (1915), Sidney N (1918), Lilian R (1920)

1936 - Died Aged 44

Address:
67 Colbourne Terrace St Marks
Swansea (Pens)

Military Service

Pre-war territorial

Awarded TWM, therefore volunteered but did not go to France with the Brigade in Nov 1915

Admitted 4 Gen Hos, Dannes Camiers 15 Dec 1918, 725121 S/S Morgan E.C. RFA 20/19 Bde - Influenza Mild

Shoeing Smith Bdr post war

Disabilities (Pens): Injury to foot, ??, Shivers
Sources: (ROLL)(MIC)(PENS)(RAA)

Explanation Of Abbreviations

Awards

  • 14/15 – 1914/15 Star
  • BWM – British War Medal
  • VIC – Victory Medal
  • SWB – Silver War Badge
  • TFEM – Territorial Force (1908-1921)
  • TEM – Territorial Efficiency Medal (1921-1930)
  • TFWM – Territorial Force War Medal

Gallantry

  • MID – Mention In Dispatches
  • LG – London Gazette
  • MM – Military Medal
  • DCM – Distinguished Conduct Medal

Sources

  • ROLL – Medal Roll for British War Medal and Victory Medal (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • MIC – Medal Index Cards (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • SR – Service Record (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • SR-F – Service Record (FindMyPast.co.uk)
  • SR-NA – Service Record (National Archives) – officers
  • COMM – Commission letters (National Library of Wales)
  • SWB – Silver War Badge Records (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • PENS – Pension Records (Western Front Association/Fold3)
  • CWGC – Commonwealth War Grave Commission
  • RAA – Royal Artillery Attestations 1883 -1942 (FindMyPast.co.uk)
  • NEWS – Newspapers
  • CENS – Census Records (Ancestry.co.uk & FindMyPast.co.uk)
  • BFB – Briton Ferry Boys at the Front Fund Committee Records (swansea.gov.uk)
  • FAM – Family Records
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