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Harold Royston Batten

In memory of:

Sergeant Harold Royston Batten

November 11, 1943

Military Service


Service Number:

1333486

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Division:

161 Sqdn.

Additional Information


Son of Gilbert and Jessie Winifred Batten. Brother of Sergeant Herbert Gilbert McDonald Batten, who died October 20, 1943, while serving with the Royal Air Force.

Commemorated on Page 145 of the Newfoundland Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

ST. DESIR WAR CEMETERY
Calvados, France

Grave Reference:

VII. A. 14.

Location:

St Desir is a village on the N13 to Caen, 4 kilometres west of Lisieux. The war cemetery is about one kilometre west of the village and lies on a secondary road, the D159.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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