Name: |
BURGES |
Given Name: |
EDWARD TRAVERS |
Initials: |
E T |
Rank: |
MajorOther Casualties of this Rank |
Regiment: |
South African Infantry |
Unit: |
1st Regt.Other Casualties from this Unit |
Unit 2: |
"D" Coy.Other Casualties from this Unit |
Former Regiment: |
formerly 9th Mounted Brigade South African Mounted Rifles |
Date of Death: |
1916-07-18Other Casualties on this
Date |
Age: |
38 |
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" |
Decorations: |
Brought to the Notice of the Secretary of State for War |
Citations: |
LG Sup 22 August 1918 - "For distinguished service in the Field and in connection with the campaign in German South-West Africa, 1914-15" |
Additional
Information: |
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. |
This information was last verified for accuracy: 2016-06-24
