Corporal 6699 Ralph Edward MORGAN

Corporal 6699 Ralph Edward Morgan{gallery}Cpl R E Morgan{/gallery}Royal Engineers
Died of malaria on 11th May 1919, aged 40

• Buried: Hartshill Cemetery. Grave 354
• Awarded: Queen’s South Africa Medal with Cape Colony, Transvaal, Orange Free State & 1902 Clasps, 1914 Star, British War and Victory Medals
  
• Son of Jesse and Ann Morgan
• Husband of Mildred Ellen Emma Morgan [nee Norman]. Married Apr Qtr 1909 in Luton
• NNWFHS Memorial: Hartshill
  

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Corporal Morgan
• NNWFHS Hartshill War Memorial Page
• Hartshill Cemetery
• Royal Engineers

Military, Census and Family History Information

• Born c1879 in Totternhoe Beds
• Lived at York House, Abbey Green, Nuneaton [1911]
  
• Engine Driver [Attestation Papers]
• Enlisted 13 Sep 1900 at Chiswick. Foreign Postings listed below
  
• Served in South Africa 27 Mar 1902 to 27 Aug 1904
• Engine driver in quarry [1911]
• Served in B.E.F 14 Aug 1914 to 24 Feb 1915
• Served M.E.F 26 Oct 1915 to 17 May 1918 [probably place of infection]
  
• Promoted to Lance Corporal 10 Jan 1915
  
• Promoted to Corporal 12 Jan 1917
• Worked at Ansley Colliery after the war