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====='''George Wynyard The Battye (1806-1888)''', 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.'''=====

== 1st Generation =='''Major-General George Money Wynyard Battye (18291806-19121888)''' served in the [[2nd Burma War]] where he , Bengal Civil Service, was present at the [[Capture father of Pegu June 1852]] and was commander at [[Murree]] during the [[Indian Mutiny]]ten remarkable brothers.

:'''Lieutenant Quentin Henry Major-General George Money Battye (18321829-18571912)''' served in the [[2nd Burma War]] where he was second in command of present at the [[Corps of Guides, Punjab Frontier Force|Corps Capture of GuidesPegu June 1852]] in their march from and was commander at [[MardanMurree]] to during the [[DelhiIndian Mutiny]]. He was killed on the day of their arrival.

:'''Major-General Lieutenant Quintin Henry Doveton Battye (18331832-19151857)''' served was second in command of the[[Indian MutinyCorps of Guides, Punjab Frontier Force|Corps of Guides]] in the their march from [[Rohilcund CampaignMardan]] andthe to [[Oude CampaignDelhi]]. He was killed on the day of their arrival. There is a memorial tablet in St Pauls Cathedral crypt.

:'''Major Wynyard -General Henry Doveton Battye (18351833-18821915)''' commissioned served in the [[65th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|65th Bengal Native InfantryIndian Mutiny]] served at in the [[Second Lucknow ReliefRohilcund Campaign]] and in the [[2nd China WarOude Campaign]].

:'''Lieutenant-Colonel Montagu Mcpherson Major Wynyard Battye (18361835-?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]].

:'''Captain Charles Forbes Batty Lieutenant-Colonel Montagu Mcpherson Battye (18381836-19181929)'''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]].

:'''Major-General Arthur Captain Charles Forbes Battye (18391838-19091918)''' was an ensign served in the [[19th 33rd Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|19th 33rd Bengal Native Infantry]] and later in the [[2nd Gurkha Rifles]]. He took part the [[Lushai Expedition]] and the [[2nd Afghan War]].

:'''Major Wigram -General Arthur Battye CB (18421839-18791909)'''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 Legh Richmond Wigram Battye (18451842-18881879)''' was killed served in the [[Black Mountain Expedition 1888Corps of Guides, Punjab Frontier Force|3rd Black Mountain 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.

:'''Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Drummond Major Legh Richmond Battye (18471845-18951888)''' served in first of the [[Corps 35th Regiment of Guides, Punjab Frontier ForceFoot|Corps of Guides Infantry35th Royal Sussex Regiment]] in later of the [[Jowaki Expedition5th Gurkha Rifles|5th Gurkha Regiment]] 1877, served throughtout the [[2nd Afghan WarJowaki Expedition]], . He was killed during the [[Black Mountain Expedition 18911888|Hazara]] 1891 and the [[Chitral Campaign3rd Black Mountain Expedition]] 1895 when he was killed leading a battalion on a punitive expedition. His grave is in [Mardan]] where there There is a tablet memorial stone in St AlbanLuke's Churchin [[Abbottabad]].

Legh :'''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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