13947 Acting Bombardier E Morgan, 21st Battery, Royal Field Artillery. The battery was in Ladysmith, Natal before the Second Anglo Boer War started. They fought at the battle of Elandslaagte on 21 Oct 1899 with 42nd Battery. The fought again at Lombard's Kop or Ladysmith on 30 Oct 1899 before retreating into Ladysmith and were there throughout the siege. Acting Bombardier Morgan was killed in action during the battle and was buried in Ladysmith cemetery. He is also commemorated on the Royal Artillery Boer War memorial on the corner of Horse Guards Parade and the Mall, at the north-east corner of St James Park, London, England (see: https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/112037).
13947 Acting Bombardier E Morgan, 21st Battery, Royal Field Artillery. The battery was in Ladysmith, Natal before the Second Anglo Boer War started. They fought at the battle of Elandslaagte on 21 Oct 1899 with 42nd Battery. The fought again at Lombard's Kop or Ladysmith on 30 Oct 1899 before retreating into Ladysmith and were there throughout the siege. Acting Bombardier Morgan was killed in action during the battle and was buried in Ladysmith cemetery. He is also commemorated on the Royal Artillery Boer War memorial on the corner of Horse Guards Parade and the Mall, at the north-east corner of St James Park, London, England (see: https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/112037).
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