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Sgt. Godfrey Julian Morton MM.
British Army No. 11 Squadron Royal Flying Corps
from:Oxford
Godfrey Morton was awarded the Military Medal. He enlisted in the Royal Flying Corps on the 14th of November 1914 as a rigger. He went over seas with 11 Squadron on the 23rd of July 1915. He qualified as an Observer on 31st of January 1916 and was listed as missing on 17th of September 1916. He was awarded the Military Medal on 20th of October 1916. He had been taken as a Prisoner of War and a message reached Britain from an unofficial but reliable source on the 24th. On 17th of October it was reported that he was at Kunberg in Bavaria and had been wounded in left foot and right thigh. He had been admitted to the POW Hospital for treatment by the 4th of October 1916. By 14th of September 1917 he was at Lietfield POW Camp. He was repatriated to Ripon Camp on the 17th of December 1918 and was discharged in February 1919 with a Silver War Badge due to the wound to his foot. He was awarded the 1914-15 Star, British War and Victory medals.
