Carl Evert Nathorst (also Charles E. Nathurst, Natthorst; 20 June 1861 - 1945) was a Swedish soldier, living in the Philippines from 1898 to his death in 1945.
[1] He was born in Ödeborgs socken, Dalsland but after just a few months the whole family moved to Alnarp in Scania (Skåne).
Nathorst served with distinction in the Cordillera and was organizing the combating and was negotiating peace agreements with the warring highlanders.
[5] In 1932 he left active service, retired and lived in Manila with his wife Lillian Gwinne Trego and daughter.
After the Americans had started the campaign to defeat the Japanese, Nathorst, his wife and daughter were burnt to death[3] in 1945 in conjunction with the Manila massacre.