of The Association for Promoting the General Welfare of the Blind (GWB, now known as CLARITY - Employment for Blind People). He provided GWB a grant of £500, which enabled them to start making soap. In 1940 he made his house available as a rehabilitation centre for civilians blinded through air raids. His sister, Beatrice Julia Beckwith Towse, was a committee member of the Disabled Officers Garden Homes (formerly Ex-Officers Direct Supply Association) organisation; she lived with him after his injury. Among other appointments, Towse was a national vice-president of the British Legion from 1927, and Vice Patron of St Dunstans (now Blind Veterans UK) from 1946, holding both posts until his death in 1948. Pipe Major George S. McLennan (1884–1929) of the Gordon Highlanders composed the 2/4 march "Captain E.B.B. Towse, V.C." in his honour. The VC medal His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Gordon Highlanders Museum, Aberdeen, Scotland. Medals and honours Source: Other honours Towse also received a number of other honours, including sergeant-at-arms in ordinary to the queen (appointed 1900); member of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (1903–39); and was also a member of the Fishmongers' Company and the court of the Clothworkers' Company. References Monuments to Courage (David Harvey, 1999) The Register of the Victoria Cross (This England, 1997) Scotland's Forgotten Valour (Graham Ross, 1995) Victoria Crosses of the Anglo-Boer War (Ian Uys, 2000) External links Location of grave and VC medal (Oxfordshire) Angloboerwar.com Biography HappyDispatches Ch.14 Military History Journal 1864 births 1948 deaths Burials in Oxfordshire Military personnel from London English blind people British military personnel of the Tirah campaign British Army personnel of the Second Boer War British Army personnel of World War I British military personnel of the Chitral Expedition British charity and campaign group workers British Army recipients of the Victoria Cross British recipients of the Victoria Cross Founders of charities Seaforth Highlanders officers Gordon Highlanders officers Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order People educated at Wellington College, Berkshire People from Westminster Knights of Grace of the Order of St John Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms People educated at Stubbington House School Second Boer War recipients of the Victoria Cross