Identity
Person No.
3031
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
First Name
Edward Travers
Initials
E T
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
38
Military Service
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause of Death
Killed in action, at Delville Wood. Clive Featherstone (1st Bn B Coy) was still holding on in Strand Street. With him was Capt Percy John Jowett, 29 (1st Bn A Coy). Featherstone recalled: "Major Burges sent his orderly to call me to instruct me about a withdrawal. Captain Jowett of C Company went with me. We found that Major Burges had been killed by another shell bursting over his head"
Grave Reference
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Country
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Additional Information
Notes
Son of the late Daniel Travers Burges and Alice Sarah Burges, of Bristol; husband of Charlotte Burges, of Highland Cottage, Clevedon, Somerset, England. On The Parish of Clevedon Saint Andrew Roll of Honour and also commemorated on the Roll of Honour at All Saints, Clevedon.
Citation
LG Sup 22 August 1918 - "For distinguished service in the Field and in connection with the campaign in German South-West Africa, 1914-15"
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project