BORN HULL 07/02/1880. THIRD SON OF HENRY BOYDON BATTY (1848-1914) & EMMA WILDRIDGE (1848-1926), OF 52, ETON STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL. HIS FATHER WAS A SHIPWRIGHT. HE HAD BROTHERS, ARTHUR AND WALTER, SISTERS MARIA AND EDITH.
ALFRED BATTY MARRIED ON 12/07/1908, AT ST ANDREW’S CHURCH, HULL, AGED 28. HIS WIFE, MINNIE JEWITT (1886-1948), LIVED AT 179, HESSLE ROAD, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE WORKED AS A BUTCHER (1901 CENSUS) AND IN GROCERY AND BEERS (1911 CENSUS). HE LATER HE BECAME THE LANDLORD OF THE “GEORGE AND DRAGON” PUB, GRIMSBY LANE, ON HULL’S HIGH STREET (RESIDED THERE IN 1916).
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. ON 07/07/1916. TRAINED AT GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK, LONDONDERRY, BELFAST, WHITE CITY, BRISTOL. POSTED AS A GUNNER, IN THE 213TH ROYAL GARRISON SIEGE ARTILLERY, ON 04/12/1916. HE WAS POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 29/12/1916. KILLED IN ACTION ON 11/05/1917, AGED 37. (Killed in action, serving with 213th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. No.4 Gun, probably 8″ Howitzer, took direct hit whilst in action south-east of Henin sur Cojeul, firing on trenches south-west of Fontaine-les-Croisilles. 5 killed, 2 wounded.)
HE IS BURIED AT HENIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 22/05/1917. HE IS ALSO COMMEMORATED ON HIS WIDOW’S GRAVE, AT HULL HEDON ROAD CEMETERY.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW MINNIE. SHE LATER REMARRIED ON 20th MAY 1918 AND BECAME MRS GORMAN, LIVING AT 36, WENLOCK STREET, HULL.
HIS BROTHER – CSM, ARTHUR BATTY, RAMC, LIVED AT 47 SCULCOATES LANE, HULL.
Thank You to Paul Gibbins (paulgibbins13″ for this information
| Name | Alfred Batty |
|---|---|
| Birth Place | Hull, 7 Feb 1880 |
| Death Date | 11 May 1917 |
| Death Place | Henin Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais, France |
| Enlistment Place | Hull |
| Rank | Gunner |
| Regiment | Royal Garrison Artillery 213th Siege Battery |
| Regimental Number | 103797 |
| Type of Casualty | Killed in action |
| Theatre of War | Western European Theatre |
