BORN LEEDS 14/12/1883, SON OF JOSEPH WITHAM MORGAN (1863-1948) & ELIZABETH ANN PURDY (1865-1943), OF LEEDS. ONE OF SEVEN SIBLINGS.
HE MARRIED NELLIE PARSONS (1888-1968) IN BRADFORD, JULY 1913. HUSBAND OF NELLIE, OF 225, CARDIGAN LANE, HEADINGLEY (CWGC ADDRESS) AND 6, SCHOOL ROW, WEST STREET, LEEDS (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). THEY HAD ONE DAUGHTER, MABEL, BORN ON 13TH AUGUST 1913. HE WAS A GROCER ASSISTANT.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 229649 ROYAL ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS. TRANSFERRED TO THE 1ST DORSET REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 02/10/1918, AGED 33.
BURIED AT SEQUEHART BRITISH CEMETERY NO.2, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE READS, TO MEMORY EVER DEAR.
NOTE: SOLDIERS DIED RECORDS SAY HE WAS BORN IN HULL.
First name:
HUBERT
Regiment:
Military Number:
20948
Rank:
Private
Date Died
02/10/1918
Place died:
Sequehart British Cemetery, Aisne, France
Age:
33
