2017-12-01

Dec 1. Made it home for Christmas

Image of Cpt Jo Morgans
Jo Morgans

Cpl Joseph Henry Morgans was wounded and left to die on the battlefield in December 1917. German surgeons saved his life and he spent the remainder of the war in a prisoner of war camp together with a large number of Russian prisoners. After the war, he walked to Denmark and eventually managed to return to his family in time for Christmas 1918.
Read more about Jo Morgans on the Europeana 1914-1918 site.

Story and pictures contributed by Kim Morgans, licensed as CC BY-SA http://europeana1914-1918.eu/en/contributions/4891

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