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788. Dvr. Battye, Armien Vance

Driver

Date of Birth: 20/10/1894, Swansea (SR & Merc Mar)
Occupation: Sailor
Employer: Unemployed at Present (SR-F)
Enlisted - Date: 25/3/1914
Enlisted - Loc: Swansea
1908 Serv. No: 788
Other service: Merchant Navy & Deck Hand, DA/11500, RNR
Demobilised: 20/9/1914
Awards: BWM, VIC (RN) & Merc Mar

Personal Details

WORKING NOTES

Born 20/10/1894, Swansea, . Parents - James Quentin (bn NY) & Eliza

1901 - 17 Calvert St, Swansea. 3yo. W parents & 5 bros.

1911 -

1914 - SR, 30 Strand, Swansea. Occ-Sailor, unemployed at present

1916 - Married Elizabeth A Tucker, Q2 Swansea

1916 - Joined RB 14/6/14 - 5ft3in, Fair complexion, grey eyes. Add-4 Cross St, Swansea

1919 - Joined Merchant Marine. DOB 20/10/1894, Swansea & photo

1921 - Add on Merc Mar Add, 4 Cross St, Swansea

1939 - Family @ 91 Townhill Rd, Swansea. Not there, but Annie, Armien V (1916) & redacted

1947 - Died aged 53, Q4, Swansea

- Buried Swansea St Peter, 22 Nov 1947. Add-91 Townhill Rd, Swansea

HIs great niece kindly added: My dad remembers him as a shortish man of about 5' 5". Extrovert and a good story teller, keeping many entertained in his local pub, The Vivian in Sketty, Swansea.

Personal Info: Father - James Quentin Battye, 20 Strand, Swansea
Address:
30 Strand
Swansea

Military Service

SR

Enl 25/3/1914 (pre-war). Dvr, no 788, 1st Glam Bty

5/8/14 - Deserted on mobilsation. 20/9/14 - Struck off strength

Possibly joined merchant navy - Awarded Mercantile Marine Medal

Royal Navy

Enl RNR 14/6/16, no DA/11500

Served MT Empress Heroes (14/11/16-26/10/17), HMS Vivid (25/10/17-4/6/18), HMS Idaho

Disch 29 Jan 1919, BWM & Vic

Discharged - Reason: Struck off Strength - Deserted
Addnl info: Court of Enquiry, Northampton, 6/9/14. Absent from 6/8/14
Sources: (SR-F)

Explanation Of Abbreviations

Awards

  • 14/15 – 1914/15 Star
  • BWM – British War Medal
  • VIC – Victory Medal
  • SWB – Silver War Badge
  • TFEM – Territorial Force (1908-1921)
  • TEM – Territorial Efficiency Medal (1921-1930)
  • TFWM – Territorial Force War Medal

Gallantry

  • MID – Mention In Dispatches
  • LG – London Gazette
  • MM – Military Medal
  • DCM – Distinguished Conduct Medal

Sources

  • ROLL – Medal Roll for British War Medal and Victory Medal (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • MIC – Medal Index Cards (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • SR – Service Record (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • SR-F – Service Record (FindMyPast.co.uk)
  • SR-NA – Service Record (National Archives) – officers
  • COMM – Commission letters (National Library of Wales)
  • SWB – Silver War Badge Records (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • PENS – Pension Records (Western Front Association/Fold3)
  • CWGC – Commonwealth War Grave Commission
  • RAA – Royal Artillery Attestations 1883 -1942 (FindMyPast.co.uk)
  • NEWS – Newspapers
  • CENS – Census Records (Ancestry.co.uk & FindMyPast.co.uk)
  • BFB – Briton Ferry Boys at the Front Fund Committee Records (swansea.gov.uk)
  • FAM – Family Records
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