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Inscription
In
Loving memory of
Our dear twin sons
Roderick Morgan
7th Durhams
Who died at Taunton on May 7th 1916
From wounds and gas received at Ypres
And Frank Morgan
7th Bedfords
Who died at Wimereux, France on Dec 3rd 1916
Aged 20 years
Sons of Capt and Frances Smith
Of Bath
Jesu Mercy
R.I.P.
Place of Inscription
Milton Cemetery Weston-super-Mare
North Somerset
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Roderick Morgan
Smith
14th April 1896
Plaistow, Essex
7th May 1916
Died at Taunton in Somerset from wounds and gas received at Ypres probably at Zonnebeke in the Second Battle of Ypres where the battalion was hit by heavy shell and gas fire
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Milton Cemetery, Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset
First World War
Private
1st/7th Battalion Durham Light Infantry
His twin brother Frank was killed in December 1916 and is buried in France just a few short months after Roderick's own death. Roderick was discharged in April 1916.
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