Hubert & Ortila Morse

Yorkley

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Inscription on the photo says
'To Dulcie, with love from Hubert and Ortila, Paris 1918'
Hubert Roylance Morse b.1891, Newland, Gloucestershire
Hubert was an accomplished linguist, he spoke several different languages fluently, he joined the police force in 1911
By 1915 he had the rank of Police Constable CID Commissioner's Office (aka Scotland Yard) and by 1930 he was at Special Branch, Scotland Yard
In 1937 he became "Detective Inspector Morse"

(Photo supplied by Kathryn Stone)