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Major Percival Laurence Montague (Montague) Battye, MC[1, 2, 3]

Male 1886 - 1945  (59 years)


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  • Name Percival Laurence Montague (Montague) Battye 
    Title Major  
    Suffix MC 
    Nickname Percy 
    Birth 29 Apr 1886  London, England UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 29 May 1945  Anvers [Antwerp], Antwerp, Belgium Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Percy Battye, P L M MC, Lieutenant Colonel, regimental no. 10360, b. London, Foot Guards, Welsh Guards, died 29 May 1945, Western Europe Campaign, 1944/45. Killed in a motor accident between Antwerp and Turnhout.
    Burial Aft 29 May 1945  Antwerpen Schoonselhof Communal Cemetery, Antwerp, Belgium Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Plot: IV. B. 35.
    Notes 
    • Captain Percival Battye attended the King's levée at St. James's Palace (The Times [London] 30 May 1922, pg. 13).
    • 1921 Census Of England & Wales includes: Diana Battye, b. 1916, London; Percy Battye, b. 1887, London; Elise Battye, b. 1892; in a household in Guildford, Surrey.
    • 1911 England Census: household living at 29 Sloane Court, Chelsea S W, London, headed by Montagu John Battye, 53, b. Bombay, director of public companies; wife Marguerite Battye, 49, b. London; son Percy Battye, 24, b. London Chelseasingle, mining engineer.
    • 1901 England Census, 143 Trafalgar Rd, Greenwich, England: Percy L R Battye, 11, b. Peckham, London, England, resided with his uncle, John H Newman, 32; wife Ethel M Newman, 34; daughter Lilian I Newman
    • Residence: 1938, Billingbear Lodge, Binfield, England; 21A Prince Edward Mansions, Palace Court, London.
    • War records indicate "husband of Miley Battye, of West Brompton, London."
    Person ID I1685  Negroponte-Agelasto
    Last Modified 17 Jan 2022 

    Father Montague John (Montague) Battye,   b. 28 Feb 1858, British India Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Nov 1942, London, England UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years) 
    Mother Marguerite Josefine (Joseph) Turner,   b. 22 Jul 1861, Marylebone, London, England UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Mar 1925, Chelsea, London, England UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years) 
    Marriage 27 Jul 1885  Christ Church, Lancaster Gate, Westminster, England UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F720  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth (Michel) Rodocanachi,   b. 02 Aug 1891, East Preston, Sussex, England UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt Mar 1982, Reading, Berkshire, England UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years) 
    Marriage 23 Jun 1914  Binfield Park, Bracknell, Berkshire, England UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Wedding announcement appeared in The Times (London) 15 May 1914.
    • Wedding announced in The Times [London], 22 Jun 1914, p. 11
    Divorce Bef 1938 
    Children 
    +1. Diana Eveline M. (Percy) Battye,   b. 05 Sep 1915, London, England UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt Jul 2005, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years)
    Family ID F719  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Nov 2014 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 29 Apr 1886 - London, England UK Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 23 Jun 1914 - Binfield Park, Bracknell, Berkshire, England UK Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 29 May 1945 - Anvers [Antwerp], Antwerp, Belgium Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - Aft 29 May 1945 - Antwerpen Schoonselhof Communal Cemetery, Antwerp, Belgium Link to Google Earth
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  • Headstones
    Antwerpen Schoonselhof Communal Cemetery
    Antwerpen Schoonselhof Communal Cemetery
    Photo courtesy: Find a Grave

  • Sources 
    1. [S154] 1921 Census of England and Wales - 19 Jun 1921.

    2. [S119] 1911 England Census.

    3. [S125] 1901 England Census.



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