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== 1st Generation ==
'''George Wynyard Battye (1806-1888)''', Bengal Civil Service, was the father of ten remarkable brothers all of whom served in the army in British India.
:'''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 Quentin Quintin Henry Battye (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 Batty 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]]. The 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 four 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]].
:'''Lieutentant 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.
:'''Colonel Basil Condon Major-General Stuart Hedley Molesworth Battye CB (18821907-19321987)''' 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.
== External links ==
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