Life story: Willie Battye | Lives of the First World War

Type	Name
First Names	Willie
Initials	W
Last Name	Battye
Source	245655

Gender	Source
Male

Service	Number	Unit	Section	Rank	Source
British Army	L/32463	Royal Field Artillery		Gunner

Title	Connected by	More information
Medal Index Card
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records	Imperial1

Reference	Connected by	More information
Huddersfield’s Roll of Honour: 1914-1922	Holmfirth126389
Dark Hours 1916 – A Valley at War	Holmfirth126389
Holmfirth Express	Holmfirth126389
Ancestry.co.uk 1911 Census	Holmfirth126389
Holmfirth Express 8 July 1916	Vivien1174

Title	Connected by	More information
Willie Battye	Holmfirth126389
Willie Battye	Holmfirth126389

ID: 245655

Reference: WO372/2

Title: Medal Index Card

Description: Medal index cards were created by the Army Medal Office towards the end of the First World War. They record the medals that men and women who served in the First World War were entitled to claim.

URL: http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=D1231261
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UPP: GBM/MCI/0245837

Credit: © The National Archives

ID: 7109763

Reference: CWGCCASUALIWM

Title: Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records

Description: The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) commemorate First World War servicemen and women and members of some civilian organisations who died before 31 August 1921 while in Commonwealth military service or of causes attributable to service.

Connected by: Imperial1

URL: http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/202458/
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UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/154134

Additional: This record has been automatically matched to the Life Story by IWM, using rules based on name, rank, number, regiment and service.

Credit: © Commonwealth War Graves Commission

ID: 9286916

Name: ISBN 978-1-8621812-6-7

Reference: Huddersfield Central Library

Title: Huddersfield’s Roll of Honour: 1914-1922

Description: A book detailing the 3,439 servicemen of Huddersfield and district who gave their lives during the First World War