Lieutenant Quintin Henry Battye and Major Wigram Battye Memorial

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Reference WMO/296373

Address:

The Indian Army Room

Old College

Royal Military Academy

Sandhurst

Camberley

GU15 4PQ

England

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Status: On subsequent site(s)
Type: Non freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Attached to a building/structure
Description: Board/Plaque/ Tablet
Materials:
  • Metal Brass
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • 19th Century Wars
About the memorial: Brass memorial plaque to 2 of the 10 sons of George Wynyard Battye, Bengal Civil Service (known as the "The Fighting Battyes" or The Fighting Ten". Lieutenant Quintin Henry Battye (1832-1857) was second in command of the Corps of Guides in their march from Mardan to Delhi. He was killed on the day of their arrival. Major Wigram Battye (1842-1879) served in the Corps of Guides in the 2nd China War, the Ambela Campaign and the Jowaki Expedition. In the 2nd Afghan War at the Battle of Futtehabad he was killed leading the Guides in a cavalry charge. They are both also commemorated on a memorial tablet in St Pauls Cathedral crypt. This plaque was previously erected in the Frontier Forces' Chapel/Sanctum, St Luke's Church, Sydney Street, Chelsea, Kensington And Chelsea, Greater London. It was relocated to the Indian Army Room at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst.
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In loving memory of Quintin and Wigram, sons of the late George Wynyard Battye, Bengal Civil Service, who fell fighting for their country. Quintin when 2nd in Command of the Corps of Guides was mortally wounded before Delhi on the 9th June 1857 and died the following day in his 26th year. Wigram was killed while leading the guides cavalry at Fattehabad in Afghanistan on the 2nd April 1879 in his 37th year. Dulce at Decorum Est Pro Patria Mori

Quintin Henry Battye Wigram Battye

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