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|Surname and forenames=Morley Sydney
|Army number=4804137
|Rank=Bombardier
|Decorations=
|Date of birth=
|Age=(At time of death).
|Unit=Served in the Royal Artillery. Posted to the 1st Mountain Regiment.
|Company/Battery=
|Platoon or other sub-unit=
|Task or role=
|Joined Brigade=
|Promotions=
|Wounded=
|Prisoner of War=
|Died/Killed in action=
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No Royal Artillery Tracer Card found for this soldier on Ancestry.co.uk

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 |Army number=4804137
 |Rank=Bombardier
-|Decorations=
+|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards.
-|Date of birth=
+|Date of birth=Birth thought to have been registered Q2 1919 at Boston, Lincolnshire.  Mother's maiden surname Weaver (to be verified).
-|Age=(At time of death).
+|Age=26 at the time of his death.
-|Unit=Served in the Royal Artillery.  Posted to the 1st Mountain Regiment.
+|Unit=Enlisted in the Lincolnshire Regiment - date not yet known.  Underwent Basic Training.  Posted to ? Battalion.  Transferred to the Royal Artillery.  Posted to the 1st Mountain Regiment.  Served in North Western Europe.  DIED of WOUNDS 19/1/1945.
-|Company/Battery=
+|Company/Battery=474 Battery.
-|Platoon or other sub-unit=
+|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known.
-|Task or role=
+|Task or role=Details awaited.
-|Joined Brigade=
+|Joined Brigade=Not yet known.
-|Promotions=
+|Promotions=None known beyond Bombardier.
-|Wounded=
+|Wounded=Yes - at Kievelburg 28/12/1944 when the Battery OP was overrun.
-|Prisoner of War=
+|Prisoner of War=Yes - following his wounding.  Too badly injured to be moved to PoW Camp.
-|Died/Killed in action=
+|Died/Killed in action=Understood to have DIED of WOUNDS 19/1/1945 aged 26, probably in hospital.  Initially interred in the Margraten American Cemetery - map reference Sheet 9 1/100,000 655481.  Re-buried 29/4/1947 in Grave VIII. F. 11. of Venray War Cemetery, Limburg, Netherlands.  Headstone inscription reads "THO' LOST TO SIGHT, TO MEMORY DEAR.  NOW THE BATTLE IS WON, REST IN PEACE".
-|Home address=
+|Home address=Son of William and Mary Morley.  Husband of Elizabeth Morley.
 }}
 No Royal Artillery Tracer Card found for this soldier on Ancestry.co.uk

Morley Sydney Bombardier 4804137 - Revision history

70bgadmin at 15:21, 24 March 2021

70bgadmin: Created page with "{{personnel |Surname and forenames=Morley Sydney |Army number=4804137 |Rank=Bombardier |Decorations= |Date of birth= |Age=(At time of death). |Unit=Served in the Royal Artille..."