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Pte. J.W. Batey
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:High Usworth
J W Batey transferred to the Scottish Rifles
Pte. Wilfrid Batey
British Army 12th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
from:31 Oak St, Haverton Hill, County Durham
(d.7th June 1917)
Wilfrid is commemorated on this memorial. His parents were Walter & Annie Batey, who lived at 31 Oak Street, Haverton Hill. I am not related to Wilfrid Batey but I have uncovered his details during my research into the Haverton Hill & Port Clarence War Memorial.
Pte. Albert Walter Bath
British Army 4th Btn. Somerset Light Infantry
from:Bath, Somerset, UK
(d.4th July 1916)
Pte. W. J. Bath
Australian Imperial Forces 33rd Btn.
(d.7th Jun 1917)
L/Cpl. James Bathard
British Army 6th Btn. Wiltshire Regiment
(d.25th Sep 1915)
Pte. Samuel Bathard
British Army 6th Btn. Wiltshire Regiment
from:Edington
(d.25th Sep 1915)
My great grandfather Samuel Bathard was the son of Alfred and Annie Bathard. He served with his brother Lance Corporal James Bathard and both died on 25th September 1915. Samuel and James are remembered on the Loos Memorial in France.
Sapper George Edward Bathe
Canadian Expeditionary Force 4th Field Company Canadian Engineers
from:Montreal, Canada
George Edward Bathe was born in 1883 in Nutfield, Surrey, while his father was drillmaster at the Redhill Reformatory. On 28 March 1907, he sailed for North America on the SS Kensington in the company of Lizzie Dann from Nettlestead, Kent. The couple arrived in Portland, Maine, on 10 April and then moved on to Montreal in Canada. On 14 September 1907 they married at Grace Church, Montreal, with George’s brother William Harry Bathe as one witness. George Bathe volunteered for the Canadian forces going overseas in WWI. Having already served in the militia as a member of the 4th Field Company Canadian Engineers, George was sent for training at the Canadian Engineers Training Depot, Shorncliffe, Kent, arriving on 12 July 1915. While training, George was promoted first to acting lance corporal (5 October 1916) and then acting corporal (19 November) but on 25 April 1917, he asked to revert to his substantive rank of sapper. He had received a good conduct badge earlier that month on the second anniversary of his enlistment. George Bathe went to France on 21 June 1917, joining the Canadian Engineers Reinforcement Pool before being taken on the strength of 4th Field Company on 1 July. He served with his unit – which saw action in the mud of Passchendaele – until 11 November when he reported sick and was transferred to No 1 South African Hospital, Abbeville, suffering from various conditions associated with the unsanitary conditions at the Front. After treatment, he was moved to No 5 Convalescent Camp, at Cayeux, on the coast near Boulogne. He was discharged from Cayeux, but clearly was not fit and on 6 January 1918 he was at No 3 Australian General Hospital, also at Abbeville, and was then taken back to the UK to the 3rd Western General Hospital, Cardiff, when he underwent an operation. On 6 February, he was transferred to the Military Convalescent Hospital at Woodcote Park, Epsom, (Hut 94 GD) from where he wrote to his brother Gunner John Victor Bathe, then serving in Salonika. On 19 April, he was discharge fit for light duties and was based at the CERD at Seaford. However he had further health problems and was admitted to No14 Canadian General Hospital, Meads, Eastbourne, on 17 September. After surgery, he was transferred to Princess Patricia’s Canadian Red Cross Hospital, Cooden Camp, Bexhill on 14 October, where he remained until 29 November before again being discharged to CERD until he was due for demobilisation. He embarked on HMT Saturnia at Glasgow on 18 June 1919 and arrived at Montreal ten days later. He was eventually demobilised on 2 July.
Gnr. John Victor Bathe
British Army 132 Siege Battery, 424 Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Sydenham, SE London
On 19 December 1916, 96342 Gunner Bathe J V was posted to the Macedonian Expeditionary Force at Salonika. He joined 132 Siege Battery on 8 January 1917. He reported sick on 30 September 1917 and was diagnosed with malaria. Until 17 March 1918 he was in and out of various field hospitals and convalescent camps as the disease fluctuated. When he had recovery sufficiently to return to duty that he joined 424 Siege Battery and during his time with this battery he was sent on a short course at the RA Training School to train as a telephonist. During the final assault on the Bulgarian positions, at about midnight on 17 September, Gunner Bathe was wounded by a splinter from a shrapnel shell which burst above the dugout he was in. Described as a “sitting case†he was taken to a causalty clearing station where he “witnessed the stunt of the Pipsâ€. Later he was taken to a hospital at Dudular, where he was X-rayed and stitched up on the next evening.
When he had recovered sufficiently, he was transferred to Ghain Tuffieha Camp on Malta where he stayed until 12 January 1919. He then started his return journey to the UK via Taranto in Italy, where he arrived on 14 January. Once back in Britain, he was posted first to the Clearing Office (30 January) and then to 3rd Battery No 3 Siege Artillery Reserve Brigade at Prees Heath, Shropshire, (22 February) and then to 1 Fire Command, Falmouth, Cornwall (10 April) from where he was posted to the Hayle Battery on the north coast of Cornwall, which was under Falmouth Garrison. Gunner Bathe was eventually demobbed on 22 September 1919.
Painter1. Percy Bathe
Royal Navy HMS Penelope 1915
from:Sydenham, SE London
Percy Bathe was born in Deptford, SE London, in 1881. On 9 August 1900, he enlisted in the Royal Marine Light Infantry as a Private, No 11713, a member of the Chatham Division. He was at the depot at Deal until 20 March 1901 during which time he passed his musketry drill and proved his ability to swim. He then transferred to Chatham where he was at the time of the 1901 census. However, he was invalided out and discharged on 12 June 1901. A little over a year later, on 4 July 1902, he re-enlisted as a Private, No 12862, still with the Chatham Division. He was based at Chatham until November that year when he joined HMS Bacchante and served with the Mediterranean Fleet, headquartered at Malta, until February 1905. During his sea service, he passed various other musketry and gunnery drills and was awarded a good conduct badge in 1904, on the second anniversary of his re-enlistment.
On his return to the UK, Percy was based mainly at Chatham although he did have a couple of months with HMS Wildfire, the Sheerness depot. On 13 January 1907, he joined HMS Acheron, the stoker’s training ship at the Nore, and then, on 15 May 1908, having served as a private in the RMLI for more than six years, he joined the Royal Navy as Painter 2nd Class. He spent a further two weeks on Acheron and a month at the shore station at Sheerness, before joining HMS Crescent with the Home Fleet at Portsmouth. His new service number was M318. He was with Crescent, an Edgar-class cruiser, for three months before joining HMS Clio, a Cadmus-class sloop, on the China station. On 11 October 1910, Percy joined HMS Royal Arthur, the sister ship of the Crescent, and part of the 4th Cruiser Squadron of the Home Fleet at Portsmouth. At the end of the year, he was back at Sheerness and then, from 17 February 1911, he was a member of the 224-strong crew of HMS Pelorus for two months, before moving on to HMS Merlin, a sister ship of the Clio. On 5 November 1913, Percy Bathe was posted back to HMS Pembroke II at Sheerness. While with Merlin, Percy passed as Painter 1st Class (23 January 1913). On 15 February 1914, Percy joined Cruiser Force C based at Harwich serving on three outdated Cressy-class cruisers – HMS Aboukir (to 31 May 1914), HMS Cressy (to 24 July) and HMS Hogue (to 5 August). These ships were, coincidently, sisters ships of the Bacchante, on which Percy had served as a Marine in the Med. In fact Bacchante was the flagship of Cruiser Force C, also known as the Live Bait Squadron.
Family legend has it that, while Percy was at home on leave, he injured himself by sitting on his mother’s knitting needles. His injuries were said to be severe enough to prevent him sailing with his ship which was then “lost with all handsâ€. In fact, he was on the strength of HMS Pembroke II from 6 August to 9 December 1914 while the Harwich Squadron saw action, first as support in the Battle of Heligoland Bight, and then, when on patrol in the North Sea on 22 September 1914, all the three cruisers he had served on earlier that year – each with a crew of 760 – were sunk by U-9 in the space of two hours with the lost of 1,379 ratings and 62 officers.
Percy joined his next ship on 10 December 1914. HMS Penelope was a new vessel which was just completing. She was an Arethusa-class light cruiser with a crew of 276 under the command of Captain Hubert Lynes, and, upon completion in August 1915, she was assigned to the 5th Light Cruiser Squadron of the Harwich Force guarding the eastern approaches to the English Channel. On 25 April 1916 off the coast of Norfolk, Penelope was damaged by a torpedo from the German submarine U-29, fortunately without loss of life. Between 19 May and 16 September 1916, while Penelope was being repaired, Percy Bathe was again on the strength of Pembroke II before rejoining Penelope which, in March 1918, was reassigned to the 7th Light Cruiser Squadron of the Grand Fleet at Scapa Flow in the Orkneys. Percy was serving with Penelope when the Armistice came, and he stayed with her until 4 March 1919 and during his time on this ship, in 1917, he was awarded a Long Service & Good Conduct Medal.
In October 1918, Percy was promoted to Instructor Painter 1st Class. Then, in the wind down from a war footing, much of the Navy’s fleet was placed into Reserve, and many ships were subsequently scrapped. Percy Bathe seems to have had a role in this activity, being posted to the battlecruiser HMS Indomitable, then in Reserve, and remaining with her until March 1920, when she was paid off before being scrapped. He then went to HMS Erin, flagship of the Nore Reserve, for two months in 1920. His record puts his old ship Penelope in brackets alongside both Indomitable’s and Erin’s names, and his War Gratuity was paid on Indomitable’s list 14 Penelope. Percy completed the 12 years he had originally signed on for in May 1920. He signed on for a second period and remained with Erin until the end of June 1920, then to Pembroke II where he was for three months before going to sea again with two more light cruisers – first HMS Cleopatra for 10 months and then HMS Caledon for the last two years of his service. He was pensioned on 28 August 1923 after over 15 years in the Navy.
Pte. Stanley Albert Bathe
British Army 4th Btn. Royal Fusiliers
from:Sydenham, SE London
(d.25th Sep 1918)
Pte. Stanley Albert Bathe was born in Sydenham, SE London, in 1896, the youngest of the five Bathe brothers to serve in the First World War. He served an apprenticeship with the engineering firm of Merryweather – the manufacturer of fire engines – in Greenwich but then enlisted in the 4th Btn, Royal Fusiliers in May 1918. After training, Stanley went to France on 8 September and towards the end of that month, he was with his regiment at the Front near the Hindenburg Line preparing for what was to be called the Battle of Cambrai. From the village of Moeuvres, the front system of the Hindenburg Line followed the bank of the Canal du Nord for 4,000yards, then crossed it, sweeping in a bold curve round the village of Havrincourt and south of that of Ribécourt. Along the banks of the Canal du Nord there were at intervals spoil heaps consisting of the chalk dug from its bed. One heap was at the sharp bend west of Havrincourt, where the canal turned westward along the Grand Ravin. It was known as Yorkshire Bank. The 4th Battalion moved to Yorkshire Bank on 25 September where hostile bombing was to continue all night and the relief of Z and X companies greatly interfered with. The units suffered one soldier killed and two wounded that day. The soldier killed was Stanley Bathe, just 18 days after he had landed in France. He is buried at Flesquieres Hill British Cemetery and commemorated on the family grave in Lewisham & Brockley Cemetery and on the memorial panel in St Michael & All Angels, Sydenham, where he was once a choir boy.
Cpl. William Harry Bathe
Canadian Expeditionary Force Canadian Ordnance Corps
from:Montreal, Canada
William Harry Bathe was born in Deptford, SE London, in 1879. He enlisted in the Royal Marine Light Infantry on 9 August 1897. Although he had signed on for 12 years, he spent 50 days in all with the Marines – and six of those were in hospital, suffering from cowpox, a bad reaction to his smallpox vaccination. On 29 September 1897, he transferred to the Army Ordnance Corps, and his conditions of service changing to seven years in army service and five years with A Reserve.
3653 Private Bathe W H started his duty with the AOC at Woolwich, but spent his first Christmas and New Year in the army in hospital. He was there for 34 days while being treated for rheumatism caused by exposure. He did not stay with his new unit for long, buying himself out of the army for £18 less than a year after joining the AOC, on 10 September 1898. On 28 February 1901, he volunteered to serve in the Second Anglo-Boer War, becoming a private in the 36th Company (West Kent) Imperial Yeomanry. In fact, before he joined the Royal Marines in 1897, he had been a member of 2nd Volunteer Battalion West Kent Regiment. He was a member of the second contingent of Imperial Yeomanry to go to South Africa, on 23 March 1901. On 29 July, his mother Evangeline was refunded £12, two-thirds of the purchase money paid to buy William out of the army three years earlier. William Bathe was awarded the Queen’s South African medal with clasps for his service in Cape Colony, Orange Free State and Transvaal, together with clasps to show he served in South Africa in both 1901 and 1902. At the end of the war, he returned to the UK on 27 August 1902 and was discharged at Aldershot on 3 September. Two years later, he was back in South Africa as a member of the South African Constabulary, serving with the SAC between 1904 and 1906 before returning to England.
In July 1907, he emigrated to Canada, a couple of months after his younger brother George had done so. He lived in Montreal and joined the local militia – the Royal Rifles of Canada. William Bathe enlisted with the Canadian forces soon after WW1 broke out, joining the 12th Battalion of the 1st Canadian Division with service number 23072. He was attested on 29 September 1914 and sailed for England on SS Scotian on 3 October. What William did in the first 11 months of his service in England is unknown, but it has been suggested that he may have been seconded to a civilian armaments factory to learn about modern weapons. He was certainly in Forest Hill on 19 May 1915, when he acted as a witness to his sister Florence’s wedding, but his military records do not resume until 16 September 1915, when he “returned to duty†and was based at Shorncliffe Camp. Later, in early March 1916 he was attached to Canadian Ordnance Corps at Ashford with the rank of Armourer Corporal. In August 1918, he was promoted Acting Armourer Sergeant and finally, in October that year, Acting Armourer Staff Sergeant. During his time with COC, he worked on repairing rifles, spent a few months with the machine gun section and also was based in Greenwich for six months to February 1917 with the Canadian Arms Inspection & Repair Depot. It was not until 27 October 1918 that William served in France, being attached to 2nd Canadian Infantry Battalion as armourer. He remained in France until May 1919 and then returned to the UK and was eventually demobilised in Britain on 2 September 1919.
Pte. James Bathgate
British Army 1/8th Btn. Royal Scots
from:Prestonkirk, East Lothian
(d.12th April 1918)
James Bathgate was taken prisoner at the Battle of Cambrai, from where he was taken to the Cassel Prisoner of War camp. Here he died from gunshot wounds on 12th of April 1918. He is buried at Niederweheren Cemetery.
2nd Lt. Sidney Batte
British Army 19th Btn. London Regiment
from:Gerrards Cross, Bucks.
(d.20th Jan 1918)
Sgt. Percy Batten MM and bar
British Army Royal West Surrey
from:Beech Hill, Reading, Berkshire
(d.2 October 1917)
L/Cpl. Samuel Battensby
British Army 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Ponteland
(d.31st Oct 1917)
Samuel Battensby, Lance Corporal 19/1230, was presumed killed by a bomb whilst attending a Gas Course at Poperinghe on 30th October 1917. Aged 35 years. He was a member of Y company. Remembered on the Tynecot Memorial in Belgium he was the son of the late John and Catherine Battensby, of Bridge Row, Swalwell, Co. Durham and husband of Martha Battensby, of Collingwood Cottages, Ponteland, Newcastle-on-Tyne. The Commonwealth War Grave Commission have his service number recorded as 19/1213, this is believed in error and should be 19/1230.
From the 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers Roll of Honour.
Pte. Charles Batterbee
British Army 9th Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers
from:Canning Town, East Essex
(d.9th Jun 1917)
Charles Batterbee served with the 9th Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers. (Formerly 6777 London Regiment) He was 38 years old when he died on 9th June 1917. He was born in Jarrow in 1878 (recorded as Batterby) Son of John and Ann Batterbee (nee Barins) native of Jarrow. On the 1911 census he is listed as Charles Batterbee age 32 General Labourer in Manure Factory is with his widowed father John and family at 7 Montague Street, Canning Town, East Essex. He enlisted in Canning Town East Essex. Charles is remembered on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.
Lt. A. W. Battersby
British Army 4th Bn. attd. Nigeria Regiment, WAFF Connaught Rangers
(d.8th June 1915)
Lt. Battersby was buried in the Douala Cemetery in Cameroon, Grave 11.
Sig. Albert Battersby
Royal Navy HMS Princess Royal
from:Birmingham
Signalman Albert Battersby survived the Battle of Jutland in 1916. Whilst on shore leave, 17 year old Albert was walking in the Small Heath area of Birmingham in the summer of 1916 when he spotted two young children in difficulties swimming in a pond. He dived into the water and managed to rescue Lily Blake, a young girl. He was unable to save another child, thought to be Lily’s brother, from drowning. But his bravery was recognised with the watch and and a Royal Humane Society Certificate, he was honoured with a special presentation when he returned to duty on board HMS Princess Royal.
After the war Albert became a publican, and ran the Bell in High Street, Bromsgrove and the Grant Arms in Cotteridge. He was also President of the North Birmingham Royal British Legion
Mjr. G. L. Battersby
British Army 2/6th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers
from:Ballsbridge, Dublin
(d.29th Oct 1919)
Major Battersby, husband of Eleanor J. Battersby, of 62 Waterloo Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin, died of wounds at home aged 56. He is buried in Mount Jerome Cemetery, County Dublin, Ireland.
Jean Battersby
Woman's Land Army
from:Carnforth
Pte. Joseph Battisson
British Army 7th Btn. South Staffordshire Regiment
from:Walsall
(d.4th October 1916)
Pte. Horace Battley
British Army 26th Btn Royal Fusiliers
from:2 Raleigh Street, Bedford
(d.14th Oct 1918)
Sgt. acting WO Frederick William Battman
British Army 1st. Battalion The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
from:Bermondsey
Timeline
14th October 1908, 1st Bn. D.C.L.I. were posted to Milton Barracks.
13th November 1908, Grandad joined the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry at Milton Barracks, Gravesend, 1st Bn. D.C.L.I. Grandad did not do his initial 6 months training in Bodmin as was practice but did them in Gravesend.
2nd April 1911, Grandad 1911 census Milton Barracks, Gravesend, Private Frederick William Battman, 1st. Battalion, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry
4th September 1911, 1st Bn. D.C.L.I. were posted to Tidworth
1913, 1st Bn. D.C.L.I. were posted to the Curragh in Ireland.
7-13th August 1914, 1st Bn. D.C.L.I. mobilised. Days filled with route marching, drilling, getting ready for France.
13th August 1914, 1st Bn. D.C.L.I. as part of the 14th Brigade and 5th Division travelled to Dublin and embarked on SS Lanfranc for an unknown destination (Havre).
14th August 1914, Grandad was a Corporal in the ‘Peace Detail’, the rear party left behind at the Curragh when the Battalion entrained for Dublin, and thence to France on the following day. A rear party were sent to the camp at the Curragh to pack up regimental property
17th August 1914, 1st Bn. D.C.L.I Arrived France Part of II Corps (Haig).
12th December 1914, Grandad landed in France as reinforcements.
Mid-1915, 1st Bn. D.C.L.I went south to the Somme, and took over the line at Carnoy before moving to Arras
915, Battle Honours : Ypres, Le Cateau; Gravenstafel; St Julien; Frezenberg; Bellewaarde; Hooge
1916, Battle Honours : Somme, Mount Sorrel; Delville Wood; Guillemont; Flers-Courcelette; Morval; Le Transloy; Ancre
July 1916, 1st Bn. D.C.L.I returned for the Battle of the Somme, heavily engaged at High Wood, Guillemont and Morval, and by September 1916 had suffered over 11,000 casualties.
1916, invalided home after suffering a gas attack in the Somme Transferred to 3rd Bn. D.C.L.I. Golden Hill Fort, Freshwater, Isle of White
August 29th 1916, Grandad married Violet Gertrude Drew, Stationed at Golden Hill Camp, Freshwater, Isle of White, Sergeant, 3rd Bn. D.C.L.I.
1917, Stationed at Freshwater on the Isle of Wight. The Battalion were stationed in the Isle of Wight until March 1918.
22nd April 1918, Dorothy Ethel Battman was born to Granddad and Violet. Grandad's occupation of birth certificate: Sergeant, 3rd Bn. D.C.L.I. living at 13 Trelawney Road, Falmouth, which appears to be Violets parent’s home.
1918, Grandad promoted to Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 Grandad awarded the Victory, British & 14-15 Star Medal
30th August 1919 or 1920, 3rd Bn. D.C.L.I. moved from Freshwater to Ballyshannon where it absorbed the last remnants of the 1st Battalion. The composite body of the 1st and 3rd Battalions became the new 1st Battalion. It moved to Ballykinlar where it remained, mostly engaged in internal security duties in Belfast, until February 1922 when it again moved, this time to Dublin where the pre-Irish Independence rebellion was in full swing. I do not believe Grandad was in Ireland.
August 1920. Grandad's original regimental number was 9188 which was changed to 5429151 when army numbers were substituted for regimental numbers.
4th November 1920, Discharged from Reserve, Hernia L & R, Rank Sergeant acting Warrant Officer Class II
2nd June 1919 or 12 January 1921, Joined the metropolitan police
Cpl. George Battrick
British Army 2nd Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers
from:Dunstable, Beds
George Battrick , my great uncle, was born in Wandsworth, London in 1895 & joined the Army in September 1914 while his family were living in Dunstable, Bedfordshire. I believe he may have been a member of another regiment at the beginning of the war looking after horses, so how he became a member of the Lancashire Fusiliers is a mystery to me.
In March 1915 he served on the Western Front, remaining there until the end of the war. He took part in many bloody actions at Ypres, the Somme, Arras & Armentieres, survived the war to marry Ella in 1921. They had two daughters & a son but George died in hospital in 1959.
Gnr. Alfred Batty
British Army 213th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Hull, East Yorkshire
(d.11th May 1917)
Alfred Batty was killed in action on 11th May 1917. No. 4 Gun took a direct hit whilst in action south-east of Henin sur Cojeul, firing on trenches south-west of Fontaine-les-Croisilles. A total of 5 men were killed and 2 wounded. He is buried in Henin Communal Cemetery Extension.
Lt. C. F. Batty
Army Durham Light Infantry
C.S.M. Nicholas Batty
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Sunderland
Nicholas Batty was wounded in September 1916
Pte. R.W. Batty
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
Sgt. George Batwell
British Army 2nd Btn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers
from:Kilmainham, Dublin
(d.21st Mar 1918)
George Batwell was the son of May Batwell, and the late James Batwell of 6 Almedia Avenue, Kilmainham, Dublin. He was killed in action age 22 and is remembered on the Pozieres Memorial.
Harold Baugh
British Army 1/4th Btn. Leicestershire Regiment
from:Walsall, West Midlands
(d.29th Sep 1918)
The only information we hold regarding my great uncle Harold Baugh is that he is buried in La Baraque British Cemetery, Bellenglise, France. I will be scanning photos my cousin has recently found, but unfortunately there are no names on the back of any of the pictures, so I am unsure what our uncle looks like. Hopefully, people may recognise some of the pictures and it will help others, if not ourselves. The pictures are lovely and show many young men, it would be fantastic if it helped other families.
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