Harold de Riemer Morgan

Harold de Riemer Morgan
Born	1888
Died	1964
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1908–1946
Rank	Major-General
Commands held	2nd Bn Northumberland Fusiliers 148th Infantry Brigade 45th Infantry Division
Battles/wars	First World War Second World War
Awards	Distinguished Service Order

Major-General Harold de Riemer Morgan DSO (1888–1964) was a British Army officer who served as colonel of the 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.^[2] He became commanding officer of the 2nd Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers in 1936.^[3] He served in the Second World War becoming commander of the 148th Infantry Brigade 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part of 'Sickleforce', a formation which took part in the Åndalsnes landings, suffered heavy losses and had to be withdrawn in early May 1940.^[4] He became General Officer Commanding 45th Infantry Division in May 1941 and then retired at the end of the War.^[3] He was appointed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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