In Memory Of

MORETON, EDGAR

Service Details
Age:
 36
Date of Birth:
 1881-11-22
Rank:
 Major
Unit:
 27th Bde.
Unit 2:
 119th Bty.
Regiment:
 Royal Field Artillery
Date of Death:
 1918-08-25
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 IV. U. 6.
Cemetery:
 ACHIET-LE-GRAND COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Localitly:
 Pas de Calais
Country:
 France
Additional Information
Decorations:
 M C
Citations:
 LG Sup 4 June 1917 pg. 5482
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