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Charles Temple Morris

Charles Temple Morris

Senior officer in the British Indian Army

Colonel Charles Temple Morris CBE (9 January 1876 – 1 June 1956), was a senior officer in the British Indian Army and commander of the 5th Battalion of the 1st Punjab Regiment between 1921 and 1926.[1][2][3][4]

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Early life

Charles Temple Morris was born in Lucknow, India[5] in 1876, the third son of Lieutenant-Colonel George Tomkins Morris of the Bengal Staff Corps.[1] He was educated in England at Bedford Modern School where, in 1894, his record for the 440 yards went unbroken for the following 62 years.[1][6]

Military career

Morris was commissioned into the 4th (Militia) battalion the West Yorkshire Regiment on 13 February 1895, then received a regular commission into the 2nd Battalion of the Green Howards 15 May 1897, later transferring to the Indian Army in 1901.[1][7][8] He served in the North West Frontier between 1897 and 1898 (medal, 2 clasps), in 1908 (medal, 1 clasp) and in 1915.[1] During the European War he saw service in Mesopotamia in 1916 where he was mentioned in despatches.[1]

Morris served again in the North West Frontier between 1919 and 1921 where he was awarded 2 clasps to his 1908 medal, mentioned in despatches twice and invested as a Commander of the Order of the British Empire.[1][2] He commanded the 5th Battalion 1st Punjab Regiment between 1921 and 1926[3] and retired from military service in 1931.[1][3]

Family life

In 1901 Morris married Marie Willoughby Osborne with whom he had one son.[1] He died in Kensington on 1 June 1956.[1][9]

References

  1. [1]
    "Morris, Colonel Charles Temple, (9 Jan. 1876–1 June 1956)". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U241020. ISBN 978-0-19-954089-1.
  2. [2]
    "The Edinburgh Gazette" (PDF). 6 April 1923. p. 512.
  3. [3]
    Mohammed Ibrahim Qureshi (1958). The First Punjabis. Gale & Polden. p. 484.
  4. [4]
    "India Office Select Materials - Record details". British Library. Archived from the original on 27 May 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  5. [5]
    India, Select Births and Baptisms, 1786-1947.
  6. [6]
    Bedford Modern School of the Black and Red, by A.G. Underwood (1981).
  7. [7]
    London Gazette 12 February 1895.
  8. [8]
    London Gazette 14 May 1897.
  9. [9]
    England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966.
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