Sir Hill Godfrey Morgan, (20 June 1862 – 4 January 1923) was a British Army officer. After serving in the militia, he joined the regular army as part of 1st Battalion

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in 1883, five years later transferring to the Army Service Corps as a Captain. For service in the Dongola Expeditionary Force of 1896–1898 he was mentioned in despatches, awarded the

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and made a Companion of the

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(DSO). He also received the Order of Osmania and was again mentioned in despatches, both for his participation in the

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and Relief of Khartoum. He arrived in South Africa after the outbreak of the

Second Boer War The Second Boer War ( af, Tweede Vryheidsoorlog, , 11 October 189931 May 1902), also known as the Boer War, the Anglo–Boer War, or the South African War, was a conflict fought between the British Empire and the two Boer Republics (the Sout ...

in late 1899 as Director of Supplies, serving in the 1899 operations in

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, at the

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and in the battles of Colenso, Vaal Kranz,

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, Pieters Hill, Laing’s Nek and

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. For his service he received a further four mentions in despatches, was promoted to the

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rank of

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on 29 November 1900, and was created a Companion of the

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(CB) in the October 1902 South Africa Honours list. While in South Africa, he had three of his horses riding to victory in the inaugural meeting at

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's new racecourse After the end of the war in June 1902, Morgan stayed in South Africa for several months, returning home on the SS ''Scot'' in November. In 1905 he was promoted to the substantial rank of lieutenant-colonel. In 1906 he retired with the brevet rank of Colonel, but was recalled to service in August 1914 as Assistant Director of Supplies, Central Force. In January 1915 he was made Administrative Member, Forage Committee, effectively making him the commander of the

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. By the war's end he had risen to his final rank of Brigadier-General and gained the CMG, KBE and one further mention in despatches.

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