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Legh Battye had a son :'''Lieutenant Richmond Moffat Battye (1869-1897)''' of [[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.
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'''The Battye family was notable for the number of members who served with great distinction in the army in British India.'''
== 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 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.
:'''Lieutenant Quentin Major-General Henry Doveton Battye (18321833-18571915)''' was second served in command of the [[Corps of Guides, Punjab Frontier Force|Corps of GuidesIndian Mutiny]] in their march from the [[MardanRohilcund Campaign]] to and the [[DelhiOude Campaign]]. He was killed on the day of their arrival.
:'''Major-General Henry Doveton Wynyard Battye (18331835-19151882)''' served commissioned in the [[Indian Mutiny65th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|65th Bengal Native Infantry]] in served at the [[Rohilcund CampaignSecond Lucknow Relief]] and in the [[Oude Campaign2nd China War]].
:'''Major Wynyard Lieutenant-Colonel Montagu Mcpherson Battye (18351836-1882?)''' commissioned served in the [[65th 10th Regiment of Bengal Native InfantryFoot|65th Bengal Native Infantry10th Lincolnshire Regiment]] during the [[Indian Mutiny]] served at the [[Second Lucknow ReliefDinapore]], [[Siege of Arrah|Arrah]], [[Battle of Atrowlee|Atrowlee]], [[Battle of Chanda|Chanda]] and in the [[2nd China WarEvents at Lucknow|Lucknow]].
:'''Lieutenant-Colonel Montagu Mcpherson Battye Captain Charles Forbes Batty (18361838-?1918)''' served in the [[10th 33rd 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 LucknowBengal Native Infantry|Lucknow33rd Bengal Native Infantry]].
:'''Captain Charles Forbes Batty Major-General Arthur Battye (18381839-19181909)''' served was an ensign in the [[33rd 19th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|33rd 19th Bengal Native Infantry]]and later in the [[2nd Gurkha Rifles]]. He took part the [[Lushai Expedition]] and the [[2nd Afghan War]].
:'''Major-General Arthur Wigram Battye (18391842-19091879)''' was an ensign served in the [[19th Regiment Corps of Bengal Native InfantryGuides, Punjab Frontier Force|19th Bengal Native InfantryCorps of Guides]] and later in the [[2nd Gurkha RiflesChina War]]. He took part , the [[Ambela Campaign]] and the [[Lushai Jowaki Expedition]] and . 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 Wigram Legh Richmond Battye (18421845-18791888)''' served in first of the [[Corps 35th Regiment of Guides, Punjab Frontier ForceFoot|Corps of Guides35th Royal Sussex Regiment]] in later of the [[2nd China War5th Gurkha Rifles|5th Gurkha Regiment]], the [[Ambela Campaign]] and served throughtout the [[Jowaki Expedition]]. In He was killed during the [[2nd Afghan WarBlack Mountain Expedition 1888|3rd Black Mountain Expedition]] at the . The is a memorial stone in St Luke's Church in [[Battle of FuttehabadAbbottabad]] he was killed leading the Guides.
:'''Major Legh Richmond Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Drummond Battye (18451847-18881895)''' 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 killed in severely wounded at the [[Battle of Asmai Heights]], the [[Black Mountain Expedition 18881891|3rd Black Mountain ExpeditionHazara]] 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 =='''Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Drummond Legh Richmond Battye (1847-1895)''' had four sons of whom three served in the [[Corps of Guides, Punjab Frontier Force|Corps of Guides Infantry]] in the [[Jowaki Expedition]] 1877, [[2nd Afghan War]], [[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 army in [Mardan]] where there is a tablet in St Alban's ChurchIndia.
== External links ==
== Historical books on-line ==
[http://archive.org/stream/visitationenglan05howa#page/4/mode/2up battye Battye family tree] archive.org<br />[http://www.archive.org/stream/frontieroverseas01indi#page/536/mode/2up Lt-Col Frederick Battye's death] archive.org<br />[http://www.archive.org/stream/frontieroverseas01indi#page/144/mode/2up Legh Battye's death] archive.org
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