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

1886 - 1945  (59 years)

• Name	Percival Laurence Montague (Montague) Battye
  Title	Major
  Suffix	MC
  Nickname	Percy
  Birth	29 Apr 1886	London, England UK
  Gender	Male
  Death	29 May 1945	Anvers [Antwerp], Antwerp, Belgium
  	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
  	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 d. 1 Nov 1942, London, England UK (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Marguerite Josefine (Joseph) Turner,   b. 22 Jul 1861, Marylebone, London, England UK d. 11 Mar 1925, Chelsea, London, England UK (Age 63 years)
  Marriage	27 Jul 1885	Christ Church, Lancaster Gate, Westminster, England UK
  Family ID	F720	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth (Michel) Rodocanachi,   b. 02 Aug 1891, East Preston, Sussex, England UK d. Abt Mar 1982, Reading, Berkshire, England UK (Age 90 years)
  Marriage	23 Jun 1914	Binfield Park, Bracknell, Berkshire, England UK
  	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 d. Abt Jul 2005, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire UK (Age 89 years)
  Family ID	F719	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Nov 2014

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 29 Apr 1886 - London, England UK Marriage - 23 Jun 1914 - Binfield Park, Bracknell, Berkshire, England UK Death - 29 May 1945 - Anvers [Antwerp], Antwerp, Belgium Burial - Aft 29 May 1945 - Antwerpen Schoonselhof Communal Cemetery, Antwerp, Belgium  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Headstones

  Antwerpen Schoonselhof Communal Cemetery Photo courtesy: Find a Grave

  
  

• Sources

  [S154] 1921 Census of England and Wales - 19 Jun 1921. [S119] 1911 England Census. [S125] 1901 England Census.