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Towse, Beachcroft

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Towse, Beachcroft (1864-1948)

English soldier and president of the National Institute for the Blind. In a gallant military action during the Second Boer War (1899-1902), he earned the Victoria Cross but lost his sight. Thereafter, he devoted his life to working for those with the same disability, converting his own house at Goring into the first of the Institute's homes.

Towse attended Wellington College, and went on to serve with the Gordon Highlanders in Egypt, Malta, and India. In 1901 he joined the council of the National Institute for the Blind, and became its chairman in 1921.



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