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Dvr. Morgan, William John

Driver

Date of Birth: c1897, Swansea (CENS & POL)
Occupation: Coal Trimmer (POL)
Enlisted - Date: ?/5/1913
Enlisted - Loc: Swansea
Service O/S: France (NEWS)
Other service: 745489, 68th DAC & EMT/63643, RASC
Demobilised: ?/2/1919
Awards: BWM. VIC.
Post-war Serv: M/21345, Sgt, RASC

Personal Details

WORKING NOTES

Born Q1 1897, Swansea. Parents - John Francis & Mary Jane

1901 - 38 Graig Terrace, Swansea. 4yo.. W parents & older sis

1911 - 38 Graig Terrace, Swansea. 14yo. Occ-Loading vessels, printers errand. W parents & 4 sibs

1921 - Died aged 24, India

Address:
38 Graig Terrace
Swansea (NEWS)

Military Service

The news has just been received by his family... of the death of Sergt William John Morgan, RASC, MT at the age of 24.

Deceased joined the Territorial RFA when he was 17 and just before war broke out. At the outbreak of hostilities he continued serving in the Royal Field Artillery, and in 1916 was drafted to France, where he served throughout the war. During the campaign he was twice admitted to hospital for being gassed and second for a wound in the foot.

After the signing of the Armistice he was sent to Germany in the Army of occupation, and was not demobilised till February 1919. He the returned home, practically his first appearance in Swansea for six years and worked eleven months on the docks, but rejoined at the end of that period in the Motor Transport (RSC), commencing at the rank of corporal and finishing as sergeant. In December last he was sent to India, where he remained to his death, and journeyed to the North-Western Frontier in an expedition against the Afghans, but whilst there he was taken sick and taken back to hospital. On Tuesday morning his parents received an official cable, stating that their son had died on June 27th, ten weeks and two days back. The delay has caused his relatives great and needless suspense.

South Wales Evening Post, 7/9/1921 (Newspapers.com)

1st Welsh Howitzers

Enl May 1913, Swansea. Likely 1st Battery. No between 702 and 713. (Aged 16 not 17)

Embodied Aug 1914

Transferred to 68th DAC, no 745489

5/10/1917 - Absent from 6th Res Bde Luton

11/2/18 - Admitted XI CCS, Godeuesvelde?, - RFA 108/33 Bde, 745489, Dr Morgan WJ, 22yo, 4y Service, 4y w Fd Force, Impetigo. Disch 23/2/18

21/3/18 - Admitted 34 CCS - RFA 23 Bde 108/Bty, Dr, Morgan WJ, NYD Pyrexia, Disch 23/3/18

Army Service Corps

Transferred to ASC, EMT/63643, Sgt

Disch Feb 1919. BWM & Vic

Post War

Enl RASC 10/2/1920 at M/21345, Sgt

Died 26/6/1921, NWF

Buried. Commemorated Delhi Memorial (India Gate), Face 23 From CWGC - attd. Supply and Transport Personnel Depot (Ambala) Supply and Transport Corps

Final Unit: ASC
Sources: (ROLL)(MIC)(NEWS)

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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