MORGAN, Albert Stuart

Rank: 
Marine (Acting Lance Corporal)
Unit / Base: 
'30 Commando Assault Unit'
Prior Police Service: 
Wallasey Borough Police
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Marines
Service: 
Royal Navy
Number: 
PO/X115315
Albert Morgan 30 Commando
Marine (Acting Lance Corporal) Albert Morgan was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal for good services in operations leading to the liberation of France. He enlisted from the Wallasey Constabulary and served with 30 Commando in the Mediterranean, and as a photographer in 'X' Troop on D Day. Post war he resumed his role as a Police Constable in Wallasey.
Lieutenant-Commander Trevor James Glanville, D.S.C., R.N.V.R., later wrote: "Of the R.M. personnel I wish particularly to mention the name of Marine Morgan who regularly worked long hours and went far beyond the normal requirements of his duty both in searching for documents and in sorting, listing, packing and labelling of captured material. He was personally responsible for finding in unusual places several valuable documents."
 
Sources
London Gazette 36958, page 1131.
Attain by Surprise, author David Nutting.
Ian Fleming's Commandos, author Nicholas Rankin (pages 178, 225, 238, 285).
Robert Preston (his wife being the niece of Mne. Morgan).
 

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