Lance Corporal Henry Morgan
Rank or Title
Date of Death
16 Aug 1917
Employer
E.W. Hart, Windmill Road
Regiment
Medals Awarded
Service Number
41476
Place of Birth
Luton
World War I Address
8 Peach Street
Luton
Place of Death
Belgium
Grave Location
No known grave
War Memorial Location
Soldier or Civilian
- Soldier
Source
The Luton News , 22nd November 1917
L-Cpl Henry Morgan, 41476, 13th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles, was killed in action on August 16th, 1917, although for a long period afterwards he was reported only as missing.
He had enlisted in the Bedfordshire Regiment (No. 3929) in September 1914 and was drafted to Gallipoli in the Dardanelles campaign the following year. He was invalided home with dysentery and septic poisoning, before being transferred to the Irish Rifles in January 1917 and sent to France.
He was married, his widow living at 8 Peach Street, Luton, and before joining up had worked for bleachers and dyers E. W. Hart & Co, of Windmill Road.
Individual Location
Author: Deejaya
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