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Captain HUGH MORTIMER TRAVERS

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Munster Fusiliers

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 08 November 1914

Age 41 years old

Buried or commemorated at

NEW IRISH FARM CEMETERY

XXXIII. B. 26

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 2nd Bn. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Service Order, Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of Lt. Col. Joseph Oates Travers, C.M.G., D.S.O. and Elinor Travers (nee Durand). Fiance of Wiliemina Annette Taylor. Served in the Leicestershire Regt., 1896-1907.
  • Personal Inscription NEC TEMERE NEC TIMIDE "IF WE GO FORWARD WE DIE IF WE GO BACKWARD WE DIE BETTER GO FORWARD & DIE"
  • N.B. Recent research has shown that Captain Travers is buried here. Please note that this casualty was previously commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial; his name will be removed when the appropriate panel is next replaced.
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