Name
William George Morgan
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
09/04/1917
26
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Serjeant
8284
King's Shropshire Light Infantry
3rd Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
TILLOY BRITISH CEMETERY, TILLOY-LES-MOFFLAINES
Plot IV, Row G, Grave 6.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Pre War
Son of George and the late Adelaide (nee OAKLEY) MORGAN.
His parents married 3 March 1889 in Walford, Heref. Adelaide died 1903 aged 48; George died 1921 aged 72; both in the Ross district.
William was born about 1890 in Walford, and resided in Walford.
On the 1891 Census, aged 10 months he lived in Walford, with his parents and one sibling. On the 1901 Census, aged 11 he still lived in Walford, with his parents and two siblings. On the 1911 Census, a Private in the 2nd Battalion King’s Shropshire Light Infantry aged 23, he was stationed at Trimalgherry, India.
Wartime Service
He enlisted in Ross, Heref; was entitled to the Victory, British War and 1914-15 Star medals, his qualifying date being 21 December 1914, and was killed in action.
Additional Information
Unfortunately, William’s Service Record appears to be one that did not survive the World War Two bombing.
Acknowledgments
Sue Carter (Research) and Watford Museum (ROH on line via www.ourwatfordhistory.org.uk)
