Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Memorial – Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022

Photo of RONALD TAIT BATCHEN – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

Photo of RONALD TAIT BATCHEN – The Batchen children. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

Photo of RONALD TAIT BATCHEN – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

Photo of RONALD TAIT BATCHEN – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

Photo of RONALD TAIT BATCHEN – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

Family photo – Alexander George Batchen and Ronald Tait Batchen were brothers. Their father William Batchen came from Peebles, Scotland and married Elizabeth in the Prince Albert, Sask. district. Their mother Elizabeth (née Bushman) was my mother's (Patricia Pope née Bushman) sister. They moved to Rouleau, Sask., where he started a law practice. They had three children, the two brothers and a daughter Frances who became a concert pianist in New York, and they were all born in the Rouleau district. William and Elizabeth both died in the early 1930's. This picture shows the three Batchen children with their father. Alex is the older brother.

Photo of Ronald Tait Batchen – Ronald Batchen with his sister Frances.

Biography

Memorial – Sergeant Ronald Tait Batchen is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

Memorial – Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

Memorial – Sergeant Ronald Tait Batchen is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

Grave marker – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me