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SubjectMorgan, Sid
TitleGovernment contract badges
NotesSid Morgan (my father) worked for Eley Brothers before joining the army in 1916.

Editor's Comment:
Eley Brothers manufactured small arms (i.e. rifle and revolver) ammunition for the government in both world wars. Still in business today, making ammunition for hunting and target shooting.

Driver 146147 S. Morgan, Royal Field Artillery, 23rd Division, served in No. 3 section, Divisional Ammunition Column, and later in V/23 Trench Mortar Battery.
Item Date1914
Creation placeLondon
File typeImage
Item sourceOther
Item mediumMetal
ContentMemorabilia
CataloguerRichard Marshall
FilenameGWA_1558_IMG_5108.jpg
CopyrightThe Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor
Digital repositoryThe Great War Archive, University of Oxford
Contributor NameDr Edmund Morgan-Warren
Reference URLhttp://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/gwa/item/3328