Stephen G Morgan | ParaData

Stephen George Morgan enlisted on 8 July 1943, four days before his 18th birthday.

After sixteen weeks training with the Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry in Colchester he volunteered for airborne forces.

He went to RAF Ringway and undertook parachute training course 106, which ran from 6 to 16 March 1944. The instructors’ report states ‘Morgan: Diligent, quick – responsive good performer’.

Pte Morgan was eventually posted to the 2nd Parachute Battalion and took part in Operation Market Garden, where he was captured and held as a prisoner of war.

Read Pte Morgan’s personal account below.

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Oxs and Bucks Light Infantry (Private)
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The 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment (2 PARA) (Private)

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Arnhem (Operation Market Garden)

1st Allied Airborne Corps, which included the American 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions, was tasked to secure the main canal and river crossings between Eindhoven and Arnhem.

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Steve's Story, the personal account of Pte Stephen Morgan at Arnhem.

Steve’s story. 1943 –1945

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Stephen Morgan at Oosterbeek War Cemetery talking to foreign secretary Boris Johnson, 16 September 2016.

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Stephen Morgan at the grave of Lt Grayburn VC, Oosterbeek, September 2005.

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Pte Stephen G Morgan, 2nd Para Bn, March 1944.

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Missing Report for Pte Stephen George Morgan, Oct 1944.

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POW notification for Pte Stephen George Morgan, Nov 1944.

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Letter form Major A Digby Tatham-Warter DSO to Pte Stephen Morgan's mother, November 1944.

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Private Stephen G Morgan

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