South Alberta Regiment Memorial, Moerbrugge.

Wessex Wyvern · #1 (**permalink**) April 13th, 2008, 09:56 PM

Canadian member, Kieron Bridge, will know this one, his Dad was there in 1944.
I was there back in October 2006.
Thought you might like to see it as there seem to be rather alot of Canadians joining the forum of late.

Kieran Bridge · #2 (**permalink**) April 30th, 2008, 03:44 AM

Hi Wessex,

I've not seen this monument in person, although I was in Moerbrugge in 1980 and 1987. My dad later calculated that when I was there in 1980, I was the same age he was, within a couple of days, as he was in 1944.

You will see Lionel Morgan's name on the plaque. He was a friend of both my parents, and probably saved my dad's life at the cost of his own by telling my dad to stay put while Lionel went to help silence a German machine gunner. A few moments later, Lionel stepped outside the house they were in and was killed a short distance away. After the battle, my dad helped bury him any many other lost comrades.

Kieran

macrusk · #3 (**permalink**) April 30th, 2008, 04:58 AM

Thanks for posting this Wessex!

Wessex Wyvern · #4 (**permalink**) April 30th, 2008, 07:08 AM

Kieran posted this on ww2talk about his Dad & Lionel.

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Some years later, my dad owned a trucking and delivery business. He was dropping off a delivery at a house when he saw a photo of Lionel. His first words were, "My god, I helped bury him." It was Lionel's mother's home. Apparently she had never accepted that her son had died until then.

Any luck contacting relatives of Christopher Jenkinson yet, Keiron?

Lionel Morgan's grave.
CWGC :: Casualty Details

Name:MORGAN, LIONEL A.
Initials:L A
Nationality:Canadian
Rank:Lance Corporal
Regiment/Service:Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise's), R.C.I.C.
Date of Death:08/09/1944
Service No:B/143115
Additional information:Son of Reuben and Pearl Morgan, of Toronto, Ontario.
Casualty Type:Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference:IX. B. 1.
Cemetery:ADEGEM CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY

I have photos of all the Argyll's mentioned on that memorial.