Service Details
Name:
 MORETON
Given Name:
 EDGAR
Initials:
 E
Rank:
 Major
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Regiment:
 Royal Field Artillery
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Unit:
 27th Bde.
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Unit 2:
 119th Bty.
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Date of Death:
 1918-08-25
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Date of Birth:
 1881-11-22
Age:
 36
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action
Decorations:
 M C
Citations:
 LG Sup 4 June 1917 pg. 5482
Additional
Information:
Son of the Reverend William Thomas and Ellen Elizabeth (nee Woolley) Moreton. Husband of Lillian Valerie (nee Clarke) Moreton, of Grand Island, Nebraska, U.S.A. Born Dewsbury, England. Served as Private (#10583) with the 58th Company, 15th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry in the ABW 1899-1902. Former Sergeant South African Policeman at Harrismith. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918. Commemorated on St. James' Anglican Church, Dundee & the Harrismith, Orange Free State WWI Memorials and the (1921) Masonic Roll of Honour 1914-1918
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Pas de Calais
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Cemetery:
 ACHIET-LE-GRAND COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
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Grave Reference:
 IV. U. 6.

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