The CWGC records 6 casualties on the 23rd August 1914, one of whom is buried near the first ever British battle casualty in St Symphorien Cemetery, Mons, Belgium

Driver Edgar Towse was killed during the Battle of Mons 23rd August 1914 aged 29. He served with 23rd Battery, 40th Brigade Royal Field Artillery, who were positioned on La Boit Haut.

The OH records:

"the 23rd Battery had received orders to retire from the summit of Bois la Haut, and selected as its route a sunken lane leading due south into the main road to Hyon. Proceeding that way, the head of the battery had reached a point within a hundred yards of the main Hyon road, when the leading teams and drivers

were all shot down by German infantrymen, who had come through Mons and were hidden behind a barricade at right angles to the end of the lane."

One wonders if this was the incident where Edgar Towse lost his life.

He is commemorated on Sullington War Memorial, Sussex

Sullington War Memorial, Sussex