SHOT DEAD
NO TRACE OF ASSAILANTS
(Received 19th May, H a.m.)
CALCUTTA, 18th May.
The body of Colonel Morshead has been found. Ho had been shot dead. There ,is no traco of his assailants, lie was a popular survoy officer, and leaves a widow and five children in. England. Colonel Morshead was of an adventurous type and hard-working. He was 27 years in India, except for war service in France, where ho won the D.S.O. He was a great explorer, and a member of the Mount .Everest Expedition in 1921.
'Lieutenant-Colonel- Henry.:!'. Mors-: head was'- born, in ,1882," and- married in 1917 Miss' Evelyn Tompler, of Devonshire! He leaves four sons and a Saughv tor. He served witlr. the Waziristan .FidelForce in 1920. '' \ ■•
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 116, 19 May 1931, Page 9
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123SHOT DEAD Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 116, 19 May 1931, Page 9
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