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Michael Frederick Morley MBE (1911-1990)

Soldier
Service No:52679
Rank:Major
Role:Temporary Commander, 23H
Service:Gazetted 2/Lt on 27 Aug 1931. Joined 23H as Second-in-Command from the 10th Royal Hussars on 7 Dec 1940. Took command of the Regiment on 2 Sep 1941. Posted overseas with the 10th Royal Hussars on 12 Nov 1943. Attained the rank of Brigadier-General.
Wounded:in Italy whist with 10H (date not recorded)
Award(s):MBE
Mentioned in:
War Diary
7 Dec 1940, 2 Sep 1941, 12 Nov 1943
23H Story
Page 12
Civilian
Residence:Biddlestone Manor, Chippenham, Wiltshire
Birth:7 Sep 1911 registered in Paddington, London
Death:registered Jan 1990 in Swindon, Wiltshire
Marriage:to Primrose Elizabeth Gordon 29 Sep 1938 at The Parish Church, Cranborne, Dorset
[Bath Chronicle, 8 Oct 1938]
Children:2 sons, 2 daughters
Parents
Frederick William MorleyMary Constance Sandeman
Barrister-at-Law.
9 Southwick Place, West Hyde Park Square, London (1911),
Biddlestone Manor, Chippenham, Wiltshire (1939),
1 St Aubyns Mansions, Kings Esplanade, Hove, Sussex (1962).
Birth 17 Feb 1882 in Marylebone, London.
Death 24 Jan 1962 at 19 Lansdowne Place, Hove.
Birth 1883 in Kensington, London.
Death 14 Dec 1967 in Bath, Somerset.
Marriage 4 Dec 1906 at Holy Trinity Church, Brompton, Chelsea, London.

Notes

Michael is on the list of those who attended the 23H reunion in 1959.

His younger brother Timothy Richard Morley also served with 23H.