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An outstanding Sudan D.S.O. group of seven awarded to Brigadier-General Sir Hill Godfrey Morgan, K.B.E., C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., Army Service Corps Distinguished Service Order, V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, lacking top bar, some enamel damage to wreaths; Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (Maj., A.S.C.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Laing’s Nek, Belfast (Lt. Col., D.S.O., A.S.C.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (Lt. Col., C.B., D.S.O., A.S.C.); Turkey, Order of Osmania, 4th Class breast badge, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, rosette on ribbon, enamel damage; Turkey, Order of Medjidie, 4th Class breast badge, silver, gold and enamel; Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 2 clasps, Hafir, Khartoum (Capt., A.S.C.) mounted cavalry style as worn, Medjidie detached from frame, good very fine except where stated (7) £2400-2800 Footnote K.B.E. London Gazette 9 June 1919. ‘Lt.-Col. & Bt. Col. (T./Brig.-Gen.), C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., r.p., R.A.S.C.’ C.B. London Gazette 31 October 1902. ‘Major and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel, D.S.O., Army Service Corps’ ‘.... in recognition of their services in South Africa.’ C.M.G. London Gazette 3 June 1918. ‘Lt.-Col. and Bt. Col. (T./Brig.-Gen.), C.B., D.S.O., ret. pay, R. of O. (late A.S.C.)’. D.S.O. London Gazette 17 November 1896. ‘Captain, Army Service Corps’ ‘.... in recognition of the services of the undermentioned Officers during the recent operations in the Soudan.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 3 November 1896 (Kitchener). ‘The supply department was ably represented by Captain Morgan, Army Service Corps’. M.I.D. London Gazette 30 September 1898 (Grenfell). M.I.D. London Gazette 8 February 1901 (White). ‘Major H. G. Morgan, D.S.O., A.S.C., Assistant Director of Supplies, rendered most valuable service in disembarking and entraining the first reinforcemnts that arived in Natal, and hurrying then on to the front.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 8 February 1901 (G.O.C. Natal). ‘Major H. G. Morgan, D.S.O., Army Service Corps, as Director of Supplies has discharged his duties admirably. I have to speak most highly of him.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 8 February 1901 (Buller). ‘Major (local Lieut-Colonel) H. G. Morgan, D.S.O., Army Service Corps. - Has been throughout in charge of the Supply of the Natal Field Force. In addition to undertaking the extremely onerous duties of supply, he also charged himself with the supervision of the “Natal Field Force Canteen”, an institution which proved the greatest possible boon to all Officers and men, .... Colonel Morgan has shown himself to be possessed of great talent for administration and power of work, and of that appreciation of responsibility which enabled him not only to accept but to discharge in the most responsible way every difficulty with which he was faced. No work has been too severe for him, and in my judgement no reward would be too good for him.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 29 July 1902 (Kitchener). ‘Brevet Lieuteant-Colonel (local Colonel) H. G. Morgan, D.S.O., Army Service Corps, has brought much ability and administrative experience to bear on the unprecedented task of supplying not only an Army, but also a proportion of the civil population inhabiting the extensive territories in which military operations were being conducted’. M.I.D. London Gazette 6 July 1918. ‘Lt.-Col. and Bt. Col. (T./Brig.-Gen.), C.B., D.S.O. (R. of O.), late A.S.C., R.P.’ Hill Godfrey Morgan was born on 20 June 1862. He joined the 1st Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment from the Militia in 1883 and transferred to the Army Service Corps as a Captain in 1888. Captain Morgan served in the Dongola Expeditionary Force, 1896-98, for which services he was mentioned in despatches, created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order and awarded the Order of Medjidie. Serving in the Nile Expedition including Khartoum, he was again mentioned in despatches and awarded the Order of Osmania. In the Boer War 1899-1902, he served as Director of Supplies and serve