Herbert_Morley_(explorer)
Herbert Morley was a Victorian explorer.[1] He is featured at the Bradford Museums & Galleries through a collection of items relating to Morley,[2][3] and as an "inspirer" for junior wannabe explorers.[4]
Herbert Morley lived, as young boy, on Devonshire Street in Keighley, West Yorkshire, England. His father was William Morley.[5]
In 1914, Herbert Morley was in business in Samoa, then a German colony (German Samoa), which was later captured[5] by the RNZDF.[6]
On July 27, 1914, one day before World War I broke out (and about a month before the Occupation of German Samoa operation), Herbert wrote a letter to his father, therein he tells of six German warships docking in Samoa; "probably… just a bit of a show-off."[5]
He travelled globally and has been sending treasures back to Keighley and postcards to his family.
