Morgan was born in Paddock Wood, Kent on 5 February 1894, the eldest son among nine children of Frederick Beverley Morgan, a timber importer, and his wife Clare Elizabeth née Horrocks [REF].
Morgan was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Royal Artillery on 17 July 1913,[REF] and joined 41st Battery, 42nd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery at Aldershot [REF].