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- 1943-[1978] (Creation)
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5 boxes (0.05 cubic metres)
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Biographical history
Born 1924; joined the Army and trained at the Army Apprentice College, Chepstow, Monmouthshire, 1939; served in World War Two, 1939-1945; service with the Glider Pilot Regt, 1943-1949; served at Arnhem, the Netherlands, Operation MARKET GARDEN, Sep 1944; service in India and Palestine, 1945-1949; commissioned into the South Wales Borderers, 1951; served in British Army of the Rhine (BAOR), Germany, Eritrea and Malaya, 1951-1957; Capt, 1952; student at Staff College, Camberley, Surrey, 1957; Headquarters, British Corps, Germany, 1957-1959; Maj, 1959; seconded to Nigerian Army, 1959; served in operations in the Cameroons [1961] and with UN Forces, Belgian Congo [1962-1964]; Staff Officer, UK [1964-1965]; Lt Col, 1965; Commanding Officer, Infantry Training Depot, UK, from 1965; commanded British Army Training Team, Jamaica, 1968; Col, 1969; Commandant, Non Commissioned Officer's Wing, School of Infantry, Warminster, Wiltshire, 1969-1972; retired 1974; died 1993.
Archival history
GB 0099 KCLMA Morgan 1943-[1978] Collection (Fonds) 5 boxes (0.05 cubic metres) Morgan , Cyril , 1924-1993 , Colonel
Born 1924; joined the Army and trained at the Army Apprentice College, Chepstow, Monmouthshire, 1939; served in World War Two, 1939-1945; service with the Glider Pilot Regt, 1943-1949; served at Arnhem, the Netherlands, Operation MARKET GARDEN, Sep 1944; service in India and Palestine, 1945-1949; commissioned into the South Wales Borderers, 1951; served in British Army of the Rhine (BAOR), Germany, Eritrea and Malaya, 1951-1957; Capt, 1952; student at Staff College, Camberley, Surrey, 1957; Headquarters, British Corps, Germany, 1957-1959; Maj, 1959; seconded to Nigerian Army, 1959; served in operations in the Cameroons [1961] and with UN Forces, Belgian Congo [1962-1964]; Staff Officer, UK [1964-1965]; Lt Col, 1965; Commanding Officer, Infantry Training Depot, UK, from 1965; commanded British Army Training Team, Jamaica, 1968; Col, 1969; Commandant, Non Commissioned Officer's Wing, School of Infantry, Warminster, Wiltshire, 1969-1972; retired 1974; died 1993.
Presented to the Centre by the family in 1995.
Papers of Col Cyril Morgan, 1943-[1978],comprising flying log books, 1943-1949; letters home from India, 1945-1947; correspondence and typescript reports relating to service in the Cameroons, the Belgian Congo [1962-1964] and Jamaica, 1968; typescript memoirs, with Curriculum Vitae [1978]; training manuals; printed Ordnance Survey maps of the UK [1965-1972]; printed Iranian pro-Shah propaganda material [1967].
The papers are arranged in sections as outlined above.
Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.
Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, attention of the Director of Archive Services.
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Aug 1998
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Presented to the Centre by the family in 1995.
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Papers of Col Cyril Morgan, 1943-[1978],comprising flying log books, 1943-1949; letters home from India, 1945-1947; correspondence and typescript reports relating to service in the Cameroons, the Belgian Congo [1962-1964] and Jamaica, 1968; typescript memoirs, with Curriculum Vitae [1978]; training manuals; printed Ordnance Survey maps of the UK [1965-1972]; printed Iranian pro-Shah propaganda material [1967].
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The papers are arranged in sections as outlined above.
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Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.
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Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, attention of the Director of Archive Services.
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- English
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- Latin
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