SLADE ARTIST   Harold Duke Collison-Morley (1878-1915) 

A very attractive original Edwardian watercolour of the gardens at Rutland Lodge  Petersham

 H.D. Collison-Morley British 1877-1915

DATED 1904   Dimensions 25x17 cm on board 32x26Original  painting from a recently broken archive of  material from the estate of this Slade School of art Student  killed leading his regiment forward in the battle of Loos .

Lieutenant Colonel Harold Duke Collison-Morley studied at the Slade School of Art in London and also in Paris before joining the army. He lived in the South of England and then worked in Hong Kong (visiting Japan in the same period)  .. He was killed in Flanders at the Battle of Loos in September 1915 at the age of 38 .

A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO AQUIRE A SIGNIFICANT WORK OF THIS INTERESTING ARTIST 

 

Lieutenant. Colonel Harold Duke COLLISON-MORLEY

Regiment: The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)/Commanding the 19th London Regiment  T.F.

Born November 30th 1877

Killed  leading his men after being wounded in the attack on Loos - September 25th 1915

At the Battle of Loos the 1/19th formed part of the second wave attacking the southern side of Loos village itself. Its CO, Lt-Col Collison-Morley, was killed at the head of the battalion soon after leaving the trenches, and the 1/19th encountered stiff opposition in Loos cemetery before pushing on to clear houses and cellars in the village. It ended the day at its final objective, the coal-mine winding gear known as 'Tower Bridge'. 1/19th suffered the heaviest casualties in 47th Division that day (14 officers and 372 other ranks).

Funeral Dud Corner Cemetery Loos

Honors/awards: Mentioned In Despatches

He also served in the Boer War Lieut. Collison-Morley H.D. 2nd Bn.  The XX Lancashire Fusiliers