Albert Battye (c.1891-1918)

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Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922

The following extract is from Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922 (2014) by J. Margaret Stansfield:

BATTYE, ALBERT. Private. No 48004. 13th Battalion The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. Formerly No 38142 West Yorkshire Regiment. Born Hinchliffe Mill. Son of Mr and Mrs J.W. Battye. Educated at St. John's National School. Employed by Mr Arthur Charlesworth. Played football with the Hinchliffe Mill AFC. Attended Hinchiffe Mill Wesleyan Church, being a member of the choir and the bible class. Married, with one daughter. Enlisted 1916. Suffered from a severe attack of trench feet in the summer of 1917. Killed in action 27.8.1918. Buried in NIEPPE-BOIS (RUE De BOIS) BRITISH CEMETERY, VIEUX-BERQUIN. Grave location:- Row D, Grave 24.
ROH:- Wooldale War Memorial.

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