Captain HUGH MORTIMER TRAVERS
Regiment & Unit/Ship
Royal Munster Fusiliers
5th Bn.
Date of Death
Died 08 November 1914
Age 41 years old
Photographer: Jacky Goudeseune
- 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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