BORN ETON 1882, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. SON OF HENRY & MARGARET BATTERBURY OF WINDSOR. HIS FATHER WAS A FORMER SOLDIER AND WORKED AS A STONE MASON. HE MARRIED AT HULL, IN 1915. HIS WIFE JANE ELIZA COWEY AND DAUGHTER, CATHERINE (BORN 26/11/1917) LIVED AT 64 , BRAZIL STREET, HULL, (CWGC ADDRESS).
A REGULAR SOLDIER. HE JOINED THE ROYAL SCOTS IN 1897. SERVED 18.5 YEARS INCLUDING MAURITIUS, SOUTH AFRICA AND FRANCE. DIED 17/02/1919, AGED 36. BURIED AT HEDON ROAD CEMETERY. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WENT TO HIS WIDOW. HIS CWGC GRAVE, READS, “UNTIL THE DAY BREAKS”.
First name:
RONALD
Regiment:
Military Number:
62892
Rank:
Company Sergeant Major
Date Died
17/02/1919
Place died:
Hedon Road Cemetery, Hull, UK
Age:
36
