Английская Википедия:Harold de Riemer Morgan
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox military person Major-General Harold de Riemer Morgan DSO (12 March 1888Шаблон:Spaced ndash1 June 1964) was a British Army officer who served as colonel of the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers.
Military career
Morgan was commissioned into the British Army on 20 August 1908.[1] He served in the First World War as commanding officer of a battalion in which capacity he stubbornly maintained positions for which he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order in September 1918. The citation for the medal reads:[2]
He became commanding officer of the 2nd Battalion Royal Northumberland Fusiliers in 1936.[3]
He served in the Second World War becoming commander of the 148th Infantry Brigade, part of the 49th (West Riding) Infantry Division, in February 1940: the brigade took part in the Norwegian campaign where one battalion was deployed to Narvik and the other two battalions formed part of 'Sickleforce', a formation which took part in the Åndalsnes landings, suffered heavy losses and had to be withdrawn in early May 1940.[4] He became General Officer Commanding 45th Infantry Division in May 1941 and then retired at the end of the War.[3] He was appointed colonel of the Northumberland Fusiliers on 1 January 1947.[5]
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