Sapper 432436 Edgar Vaughan Batten
The St Helens Newspaper & Advertiser
Courtesy Ste M
Regiment/Unit: Royal Engineers - 55th Div. Signal Coy.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Age at death: 20
Date of death: 22nd of July 1917
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery - XVI. C. 14A.
Family details:
Son of Thomas and Florence Batten, of 71, Horace St., St. Helens, Lancs. Father Thomas is legatee.
Census details:
1901 - 4 years old Edgar V is living at 3 House & Shop, Cambridge Road, St Helens with parents Thomas (37), Florence (35) and two siblings: Florence C (7), [cas=141]John Hardman Batten[/cas] (2). Also at the address is Thomas's father John Batten (78), niece Selina Shield (19) and servant Margaret Cowley (21). 1911 - Sees 14 years old schoolboy Edgar Vaughan living at 75 Horace Street, St Helens with his widowed father Thomas (47) and siblings Florence Catherine (17), [cas=141]John Hardman Batten[/cas] (12).
Notes:
[note=5]Two Batten Brothers who died in The Great War[/note] [url=lmem.php?lmem=27]Remembered On St Lukes Church WW1 Memorial, Knowsley Road.[/url]
[note=5]Two Batten Brothers who died in The Great War[/note] [url=lmem.php?lmem=27]Remembered On St Lukes Church WW1 Memorial, Knowsley Road.[/url]
[pic]imgs/WW1_misc/432436EdgarVaughanBatten.jpg[/pic][caption]Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929[/caption]
[pic]imgs/WW1_misc/Batten_EV_RE.jpg[/pic][caption]The St Helens Newspaper & Advertiser - Courtesy Ste M[/caption]
[pic]imgs/S1PWHYAOTV/432436_Batten.jpg[/pic][caption]The headstone of Sapper Edgar V Batten at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery
(Photo courtesy of Jeff Keenan)[/caption]
