Pioneer 129654 Albert MORREY, MM

Pioneer 129654 Albert Morrey, MM{gallery}Pioneer A Morrey{/gallery}No 1 Special (Mortar) Company, Royal Engineers
Formerly Pte 15527 Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died of wounds in the Battle of Amiens, France and Flanders, 8th August 1918, aged 29

  • Buried: Montigny Communal Cemetery Ext, Somme, France. Grave A.8
  • Awarded: Military Medal, British War and Victory Medals
  • Son of Jabez and Sarah Marston
  • Husband to Alice J, Morrey [nee Jeffcote], Married Dec Qtr 1914 at Nuneaton
  • NNWFHS Memorial: Nuneaton WWI Other Regiments and Hartshill

Links to Relevant Information

The CWGC hyperlink below is NOT for the correct man!!  Needs sorting.

Military, Census and Family History Information

  • Born 6 Jan 1888 and baptised 13 May 1888 at Butler’s Marston
  • Lived at Bridge Street, Butler’s Marston [1901]
  • Lived with his brother at 69 Duke Street, Nuneaton [1911]
  • Employed as a brickyard labourer [1911]
  • Enlisted at Nuneaton
  • Military Medal Gazetted 23 Feb 1918 at Supplement Page 2426