Norman Ewart Towers

Rank:

Captain

Unit at enlistment:

Royal Canadian Regiment

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Date of death:

September 20th, 1916

Cemetery:

St. Sever Cemetery Extension - Rouen, France - A.10.5.

Commemorated at:

Osgoode Hall War Memorial (Toronto)

Birth country:

Canada

Birth county:

Lambton

Birth city:

Sarnia, Ontario

Address at enlistment:

Sarnia, Ontario

Next of kin address:

Sarnia, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Barrister

Religious denominations:

Presbyterian

Marital status:

Single

Age at enlistment:

Letters and documents

Circumstances of service: Killed

Cause and Place of Death: Died of Wounds No. 2 Red Cross Hospital, Rouen.

BX September 21, 1916

Lieutenant Norman Ewart Towers of the Royal Canadian Rifles has been killed in action, according to word received this morning by his brother here, Major A.S. Towers, manager of the Bank of Toronto. Lieut. Towers enlisted in Sarnia and so meritorious has been his work at the front that he had been named for promotion to a captaincy a very short time before he was killed. Another brother is now at the front.

BX September 22, 1916

Further Details

A dispatch from Sarnia says of the death of Captain Norman Ewart Towers, brother of Major A.S. Towers of this city: Word has been received here that Capt. Norman Ewart Towers, youngest son of Thomas F. Towers, had died of wounds at No. 2 Red Cross Hospital, Rouen, France, September 20. He was a lawyer by profession, and enlisted with the 54th Battalion at Port Arthur. He transferred to the Royal Artillery, and was on active service two years.