Harold de Riemer Morgan

Major-General Harold de Riemer Morgan DSO (12 March 1888 – 1 June 1964) was a British Army officer who served as colonel of the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers.

Military career Morgan was commissioned into the British Army on 20 August 1908. He served in the First World War as commanding officer of a battalion in which capacity he stubbornly maintained positions for which he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order in September 1918. The citation for the medal reads:

He became commanding officer of the 2nd Battalion Royal Northumberland Fusiliers in 1936.

Morgan served in the Second World War, becoming commander of the 148th Infantry Brigade, part of the 49th (West Riding) Infantry Division, in February 1940. The brigade took part in the Norwegian campaign, where one battalion was deployed to Narvik and the other two battalions formed part of 'Sickleforce', a formation which took part in the Åndalsnes landings, suffered heavy losses and had to be withdrawn in early May 1940. He became General Officer Commanding 45th Infantry Division in May 1941 and then retired at the end of the war.