Captain John Henry Stride Batten of the 1st King's (Liverpool Regiment) was killed in action 100 years ago today. He was a married man aged 38 and had previously seen action during the Boer War. A detailed biography appears in De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour (below).
Captain Batten has no known grave and is commemorated on the Menin Gate memorial at Ypres.
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.
Portrait photograph courtesy of Footsteps 1914-1918. De Ruivigny's extract from Ancestry.
No comments:
Post a Comment