We remember Roland Creswell Morgan

We remember Roland Creswell Morgan

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Timeline

Timeline

1891
birth Crescent Cottage, Wellington, Shropshire United Kingdom Source:7624668 28th July 1891
1893
sibling Doris Edna Mary Morgan Source:7624672 1893
1896
sibling Victor Morgan Source:7624672 1896
1899
sibling Nora Edith Morgan Source:7624672 1899
1901
location 5 Crescent Road, Wellington, Shropshire United Kingdom parents address Source:7624672 31st March 1901 - 1st April 1911
1905
education Independent boarding school education Wellington College Constitution Hill, Wellington, Shropshire United Kingdom Source:7617011 1905 - 1907
1907
employment Apprentice Draper Wellington, Shropshire United Kingdom Source:8539381 1907 - 1911
1911
location 5 Crescent Road, Wellington, Shropshire United Kingdom parents address Source:7624671 2nd April 1911 - 24th September 1916
1912
enlistment London United Kingdom Source:8539381 1912
1912
service British Army Private 2360 The London Regiment 1/2nd (City of London) Battalion (Royal Fusiliers). Source:3120348 1912 - 24th September 1916
1915
theatres France & Belgium: 1a Source:3120348 6th January 1915
1916
death Killed in Action Killed as a result of enemy shelling &/or gas attack. LEUZE trench, Somme France Source:7277743 Source:8449738 24th September 1916
burial Combles Communal Cemetery Extension CWGC Cemetery/Memorial Somme France IV. H. 26 Source:7277743

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names Roland Creswell
Initials RC
Last Name Morgan
Source 3120348
Gender
GenderSource
Male
Locations
AddressCountryTypeDateSource
5 Crescent Road, Wellington, Shropshire United Kingdom parents address 31st March 1901 - 1st April 1911
5 Crescent Road, Wellington, Shropshire United Kingdom parents address 2nd April 1911 - 24th September 1916
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
British Army 2360 The London Regiment 1/2nd (City of London) Battalion (Royal Fusiliers). Private
Awards
AwardTypeSource
1914/15 Star First World War Campaign/Service Medal
British War Medal First World War Campaign/Service Medal
Victory Medal First World War Campaign/Service Medal
Family
Parents
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Edmund Thomas Morgan father
Edith Morgan, nee Green mother
Siblings
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Doris Edna Mary Morgan sister 1893
Victor Morgan brother 1896
Nora Edith Morgan sister 1899

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Communities

Communities

Evidence

Evidence

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Official Records

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Medal Index Card
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Imperial1
England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription Jeremy24359
1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription Jeremy24359
1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription Jeremy24359
Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription Jeremy24359

External Evidence

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Bayley's Children Jeremy24359
Shropshire's Sacrifice in the Great War Jeremy24359
Battalion War Diary: 1915 Nov 1 - 1917 Dec 31 Jeremy24359
Old Wrekinian Lives Lost 1914-18 Jeremy24359

Multimedia

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The London Regiment, (Royal Fusiliers) Jeremy24359
1/2nd (City of London) Battalion (Royal Fusiliers) Jeremy24359
O.W. War Memorial 1914-1919, Wrekin College Chapel Jeremy24359

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