Name
Gerald Arthur Morton
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
04/05/1915
40
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Captain
Border Regiment
1st Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Mentioned in Despatches
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
PINK FARM CEMETERY, HELLES
Sp. Mem. 70.
Turkey (including Gallipoli)
UK & Other Memorials
Haileybury College Cloister Wall Memorial, Hertford Heath
Pre War
Born on 18 Nov 1875 in Carlisle, Cumberland son of Col. James Francis and Eleanor Maria (Wells) Morton. Educated at the United Services College 1899-1901.
Wartime Service
Formerly Welch Regiment transferred to the Border Regiment in 1905. Killed in action at Gallipoli.
Additional Information
Brother of Lieutenant Colonel Robert Brooke Morton who died in service on 10 Feb 1919. United Services College, Westward Ho, Devon amalgamated with Imperial Service College in Windsor in 1912 and then moved to Haileybury College, Hertford Heath in 1942.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Karen Smith - Acting Director of External Relations www.haileybury.com/honour
