World War I British Army Officer. A member of a prominent Philadelphia Family, he volunteered to fight for England when World War I erupted. He was eventually commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Coldstream Guards, and was killed in action at the Battle of the Somme. His remains were never identified on the battlefield, and a cenotaph exists for him in his family's plot in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
His name is also inscribed on the Special Memorial in Guards' Cemetery, Lesboeufs, Somme, France.
His story can be found on this page - http://www.lib.byu.edu/estu/wwi/comment/
AmerVolunteers/Morse2&3.htm
His name is also inscribed on the Special Memorial in Guards' Cemetery, Lesboeufs, Somme, France.
His story can be found on this page - http://www.lib.byu.edu/estu/wwi/comment/
AmerVolunteers/Morse2&3.htm
World War I British Army Officer. A member of a prominent Philadelphia Family, he volunteered to fight for England when World War I erupted. He was eventually commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Coldstream Guards, and was killed in action at the Battle of the Somme. His remains were never identified on the battlefield, and a cenotaph exists for him in his family's plot in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
His name is also inscribed on the Special Memorial in Guards' Cemetery, Lesboeufs, Somme, France.
His story can be found on this page - http://www.lib.byu.edu/estu/wwi/comment/
AmerVolunteers/Morse2&3.htm
His name is also inscribed on the Special Memorial in Guards' Cemetery, Lesboeufs, Somme, France.
His story can be found on this page - http://www.lib.byu.edu/estu/wwi/comment/
AmerVolunteers/Morse2&3.htm
