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George Wynyard ====='''The Battye (b 1806), Bengal Civil Service, family was notable for the father number of ten remarkable brothers all of whom members who served with great distinction in the army in British India.'''=====

Quentin == 1st Generation =='''George Wynyard Battye (1806-1888)''', Bengal Civil Service, was the father of ten remarkable brothers. :'''Major-General George Money Battye (1829-1912)''' served in the [[2nd Burma War]] where he was present at the [[Capture of Pegu June 1852]] and was commander at [[Murree]] during the [[Indian Mutiny]]. :'''Lieutenant Quintin Henry Battye (b 1832-1857)''' was second in command of the [[Corps of Guides, Punjab Frontier Force|Corps of Guides]] in their march from [[Mardan]] to [[Delhi]]. He was killed on the day of their arrival. There is a memorial tablet in St Pauls Cathedral crypt. :'''Major-General Henry Doveton Battye (1833-1915)''' served in the [[Indian Mutiny]] in the [[Rohilcund Campaign]] and the [[Oude Campaign]]. :'''Major Wynyard Battye (1835-1882)''' commissioned in the [[65th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|65th Bengal Native Infantry]] served at the [[Second Lucknow Relief]] and in the [[2nd China War]]. :'''Lieutenant-Colonel Montagu Mcpherson Battye (1836-1929)''' served in the [[10th Regiment of Foot|10th Lincolnshire Regiment]] during the [[Indian Mutiny]] at [[Dinapore]], [[Siege of Arrah|Arrah]], [[Battle of Atrowlee|Atrowlee]], [[Battle of Chanda|Chanda]] and [[Events at Lucknow|Lucknow]]. :'''Captain Charles Forbes Battye (1838-1918)''' served in the [[33rd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|33rd Bengal Native Infantry]] :'''Major-General Arthur Battye CB (1839-1909)''' was an ensign in the [[19th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|19th Bengal Native Infantry]] and later in the [[2nd Gurkha Rifles]]. He took part the [[Lushai Expedition]] and the [[2nd Afghan War]].  :'''Major Wigram Battye (1842-1879)''' served in the [[Corps of Guides, Punjab Frontier Force|Corps of Guides]] in the [[2nd China War]], the [[Ambela Campaign]] and the [[Jowaki Expedition]]. In the [[2nd Afghan War]] at the [[Battle of Futtehabad]] he was killed leading the Guides in a cavalry charge. There is a memorial tablet in St Pauls Cathedral crypt. :'''Major Legh Richmond Battye (1845-1888)''' first of the [[35th Regiment of Foot|35th Royal Sussex Regiment]] later of the [[5th Gurkha Rifles|5th Gurkha Regiment]] served throughtout the [[Jowaki Expedition]]. He was killed during the [[Black Mountain Expedition 1888|3rd Black Mountain Expedition]]. There is a memorial stone in St Luke's Church in [[Abbottabad]]. :'''Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Drummond Battye (1847-1895)''' served in the [[Corps of Guides, Punjab Frontier Force|Corps of Guides Infantry]] in the [[Jowaki Expedition]] 1877, the [[2nd Afghan War]] when he was severely wounded at the [[Battle of Asmai Heights]], the [[Black Mountain Expedition 1891|Hazara]] 1891 and the [[Chitral Campaign]] 1895 when he was killed leading a battalion on a punitive expedition. His grave is in [[Mardan]] where there is a tablet in St Alban's Church. == 2nd Generation =='''Montagu Mcpherson Battye''' had a third son who served in the British Army :'''Lt-Col Clinton Wynyard Battye DSO (1874-1917)''' of [[85th Regiment of Foot|85th King's Light Infantry]] served in the [[North West Frontier Campaigns|North West Frontier]] and the 1st World War in France. '''Legh Richmond Battye''' had five sons who served in the army in India. :'''Lieutenant Richmond Moffat Battye (1869-1897)''' of the [[6th Bengal Cavalry]] who served on the North West frontier and was killed in action in the Kurmana Dara. He is buried in [[Parachinar]], Kurram Valley. :'''Lieutenant Arthur Baldwyn Battye (1872-?)''', Indian Staff Corps formerly [[30th Regiment of Foot|30th East Lancashire Regiment]], served in the [[Chitral Campaign]]. :'''Lieutenant-Colonel Walter Rothney Battye DSO (1874-1943)''', Indian Medical Service, served with [[10th Duke of Cambridge’s Own Lancers (Hodson’s Horse)|10th Bengal Lancers]], [[12th Bengal Cavalry]], [[14th (Ferozepore) Regiment of Sikh Infantry|14th Sikhs]] to China in 1900, [[Boxer Rebellion]]. Later a political officer in India; British Vice-Consul at Meshed; acting Consul-General in Khorassan; Residency Surgeon, Udaipur State; OC 108th Indian Field Ambulance, 1914; Director Civil Medical Services, Mesopotamia. :'''Brigadier Ivan Urmston Battye CB (1875-1953)''' of the [[Corps of Guides, Punjab Frontier Force|Queen's Own Corps of Guides]] of which he was Commandant. Served in the [[North West Frontier Campaigns|North West Frontier]] and in [[Mesopotamia Campaign|Mesopotamia]]. :'''Colonel Basil Condon Battye (1882-1932) DSO''' [[Corps of Royal Engineers|Royal Engineers]]. == 3rd Generation =='''Walter Rothney Battye''' had a son who served in the Indian Army. :'''Major-General Stuart Hedley Molesworth Battye CB (1907-1987)''' commissioned in the [[Corps of Royal Engineers|Royal Engineers]] and served with the [[Bengal Sappers and Miners]] in the [[North West Frontier Campaigns|North West Frontier]] and in the 2nd World War.

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