Photograph of Harry Morse, British Army 1st Lieutenant WW1 (Photo Gallery)

by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Thursday, May 04, 2017, 19:46 (2770 days ago) @ Jefff

Further to my post above, and very much belatedly, I've done what was surely the obvious thing and actually viewed the photo of Harry Morse... Apologies for not doing so earlier, my only excuse is during my many researches abt WW1 soldiers I've very rarely had a photo to look at... and it was late at night when I last viewed this thread.

Anyhow, I'm not an expert of WW1 uniforms and the photo isn't especially clear regarding Harry's regimental badges, but it's my belief his large badges are those of the Gloucestershire Regiment. Working thro' the various men I listed above, I can confidently say the badges are NOT from the Monmouthshire Regiment, the Royal Engineers, or the Royal Army Medical Corps. I'm unsure about the last "Reserve" soldier I listed.

Hence this appears to leave this man as the "best fit" from those I listed above. However and as said before this is not conclusive proof that this is "our" Harry, especially as he's listed as a Private.

Reference: WO 372/14/111259
Description:
Medal card of Morse, Harry
Corps Regiment No Rank
Devonshire Regiment 52083 Private
Gloucestershire Regiment 49616 Private

I hope someone is able to research him fully; his Medal Card and, if available, Army Records will show if this man ever became a Lieutenant.

I've just found this excellent website abt the Gloucestershire Regiment, and to me the uniform & badges of Richard Byers in the photo at the bottom of this page bears more than a passing resemblance to this site's photo of Harry Morse.

http://www.remembering.org.uk/glosregtofficers/glos_regt_offrs_biographies_B.htm

http://forest-of-dean.net/gallery/yorkley/pages/page_8.html

I've also searched the Glosters Museum database for "Harry Morse". Their list contains 19 soldiers surnamed Morse, two are Harrys. The Service Number shows that one of them is Harry Lawson Morse detailed earlier, thus leaving this one, and from the Service Number he's the same soldier as detailed above;

Morse, Harry - statement of service

surname Morse
forenames Harry
rank PRIVATE
service number 49616
battalion 1/6

from http://soldiers.soldiersofglos.com/morse-harry-49616~25849/

The site also has one Harold Morse;

Morse, Harold - statement of service

surname Morse
forenames Harold
rank CORPORAL
service number 39633
battalion 8