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Below we list of all those from Batten House who were killed in action or died from wounds on Active Service in the Great War of 1914-18 and the Second World War, 1939-45. The fallen are listed alphabetically by surname in the year of their death. Where known, the month of death is also included.
Links to further information are given where that information is known or provided by the family.
1914-18 War
Some 55 OHs from Batten died during the Great War. The roll includes 6 MCs, a DSO and a DFC.
One family suffered terrible loss, with three brothers who were to die on active service. Marlborough (right) and his brother Cornelius (B 1905.2) died in the Great War (the latter earning an MC for the recovery of his brother’s body at Fricourt in September 1915). Their younger brother Joseph (B 1913.3) died on service during the evacuation of Dunkirk in 1940.
1914
Capt. C G W Andrews, (1892.1), Oct, 1914
Capt. L A F Cane, (1898.1), Nov, 1914
2nd. Lt. A H P Errington, (1899.2), Nov, 1914
Capt. B Hartwell, (1894.3), Oct, 1914
Lt. C J Murray, (1895.3), Oct, 1914
Lt. O C W Thompson, (1905.1), Sep, 1914
1915
Lt. Col. G F Broadrick, (1884.3), Aug 1915
Capt. E H Burnaby, (1894.2), Aug, 1915
Lt. P A Christy, (1910.1), Feb, 1915
Capt. H J Coddington, (1891.1), Jul, 1915
Maj. R J P Cox, (1887.3), Sep, 1915
Pte. R Y Hedderwick, (1900.2), May, 1915
Lt. Col. C G Hill, CMG, DSO, (1886.3), Jun, 1915
Capt. G L Nevile, (1900.3), Jun, 1915
2nd Lt M Thorne, (1908.3), Sep, 1915
1916
Capt. H C Bartlett, MC, (1911.2), Oct, 1916
Capt. S C Bartley, (1891.3), Mar, 1916
Lt. E R Cholmeley, (1909.2), Jul, 1916
2nd. Lt. R W H Gifford, (1912.3), Oct, 1916
Lt. W W Park, (1911.3), Apr, 1916
Maj. W N Pitt, (1894.2), Aug, 1916
Capt. D T C Rowley, (1903.2), Jul, 1916
Lt. J Y Scott, (1894.3), Sep, 1916
2nd. Lt. M Sharpe, (1901.1), Oct, 1916
2nd. Lt. J R Stagg, DCM, (1891.3), Sep, 1916
Chap. Rev. J R Stewart, (1893.2), Jan, 1916
Capt. F W C Stileman, (1900.2), Jul, 1916
Pte. H C Stogdon, (1905.1), Jul, 1916
Lt. N A Targett, MC, (1909.2), Oct, 1916
Capt. C Thorne, MC, (1905.2), Sep, 1916
2nd. Lt. E A W Wood, (1910.1), Feb, 1916
Sgt. W Young, (1896.1), Oct, 1916
1917
Capt. E W Bowyer-Bower, (1908.3), Mar, 1917
Capt. H G Brodie, (1899.1), Apr, 1917
2nd. Lt. F C Buchanan, (1908.3), Apr, 1917
Lt. G L Butler, (1910.2), May, 1917
2nd. Lt. C R Glyn, (1909.3), Jan, 1917
Capt. R B Kitson, (1899.1), Nov, 1917
Lt. E Macintosh, (1911.1), Jul, 1917
Capt. J P Palmes, MC, (1902.2), Aug, 1917
Lt. A W Spence, (1910.3), Apr, 1917
Lt. H P Sworder, (1911.3), Apr, 1917
1918
Capt. A M Allan, MC, (1906.2), Apr, 1918
Lt. F W A Buckell, (1889.2), Mar,1918
Lt. Col. A C Buckle, (1882.1), Dec, 1918
Capt. C B Girvin, (1906.3), Nov, 1918
2nd. Lt. L H P Harding, MC, (1912.3), Oct, 1918
Lt. J A Hedderwick, (1911.2), Nov, 1918
Lt. E D Jones, (1907.1), Apr, 1918
2nd. Lt. A C Notley, (1892.1), May, 1918
Lt. L E Ranson, (1906.2), Oct, 1918
2nd. Lt. H W Stagg, (1895.3), Mar, 1918
Lt. J P Sworder, (1902.3), Jul, 1918
Lt. R R M Tabuteau, (1904.1), Mar, 1918
1919
Capt. B G H Keymer, DFC, (1913.1), Oct, 1919
1939-45 War
33 OHs from Batten died in the service of their country during WW2.
The roll includes two Squadron Leaders and an MC,
1939
Off. Cad. D M Wemyss, (1933.2), Dec, 1939
1940
Maj. A L Gurney-Richmond, (1925.1), Oct, 1940
Sqd. Ldr. J H Kitson, (1926.1), Jun, 1940,
Maj J Thorne, (1913.3), May, 1940
1941
Sgt. Plt. J T Berridge, (1928.3), May, 1941
Plt. Off. J C A Bond, (1927.2), Aug, 1941
Sqd. Ldr. P B Chamberlain, (1929.2), Oct, 1941
Ord. Sgnl. A N Hodgkinson, (1935.2), Oct, 1941
Flg. Off. M M Lambert, (1931.3), Jul, 1941
Plt. Off. P Myers, (1928.3), May, 1941
Capt. A C Smith, MC, (1903.2), Jun, 1941
Capt. G C Smtih, (1925.3), Sep, 1941
1942
Mar. B B Gavin, RN (1935.3), 1942
Lt. Col. N G Guy, (1911.3), Mar, 1942
2nd. Lt. G C N Morgan, (1924.3), Jun, 1942
Plt. Off. R M Ranson, (1926.3), Jun, 1942
Lt. A G Shaw, (1930.3), Mar, 1942
1943
G E Brooke-Turner, (1936.3), Jan, 1943
H G J Coddington, (1932.2), , 1943
S M Huth, (1929.3), Aug, 1943
W A R Sumner, (1924.1), Aug, 1943
1944
D A Creaton, (1934.1), Sep, 1944
N L Darewski, (1928.2), Nov, 1944
C L Dowell, (1935.1), Jul, 1944
W H Edmiston, (1924.3), Jan, 1944
R J B Kingham, (1923.2), Aug, 1944
C G Millett, (1917.2), Dec, 1944
J S Robinson, (1918.3), Oct, 1944
A B Sheldon, (1935.3), Sep, 1944
A J L Stewart, (1937.2), 1944
1945
A R Murdoch, (1936.2), Feb 1945
C R P Sweeny, (1931.3), May, 1945
W F Wake-Walker, (1900.3), Sep, 1945
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The information in this article forms part of a wider project for Old Haileyburians to submit information of family members who died on military service and who are commemorated in our Roll of Honour. Our Roll of Honour page enables you also to supply information about your own family members who died on active service.