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The Fighting Battyes

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:'''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 (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]].
:'''Lt-Col Clinton Wynyard Battye (1874-1917)''' of [[85th Regiment of Foot|85th King's Light Infantry]] served in the [[North West Frontier Campaigns|North West Frontier]] and the1st World War in France.
'''Legh Richmond Battye''' had five sons four of whom 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 (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 (1875-?)''' 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]].

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