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Son of Elizabeth and William Tait Batchen of Roulea, Saskatchewan. His brother Sergeant Ronald Tait Batchen died on May 11, 1942 at age 21, while serving with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
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Digital gallery of
Sergeant Alexander George Batchen
Alex Batchen training in Canada. Alex was the son of Elizabeth
and William Batchen of Roulea, Saskatchewan. His brother Ronald died serving with the RAF.
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Alexander George Batchen
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.
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Alexander George Batchen
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Alexander George Batchen
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Alexander George Batchen
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Alexander George Batchen
Sergeant Alexander George Batchen is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Alexander George Batchen
Sergeant Alexander George Batchen is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Alexander George Batchen
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Alexander George Batchen
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Alexander George Batchen
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Alexander George Batchen
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Alexander George Batchen
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Alexander George Batchen
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Alexander George Batchen
From the Toronto Star May 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Alexander George Batchen
From the Toronto Star September 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Alexander George Batchen
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
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Alex Batchen training in Canada. Alex was the son of Elizabeth and William Batchen of Roulea, Saskatchewan. His brother Ronald died serving with the RAF.
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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.
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Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Sergeant Alexander George Batchen is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Sergeant Alexander George Batchen is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Star May 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Star September 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
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Page 23 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL Surrey, United Kingdom
During the Second World War more than 116,000 men and women of the Air Forces of the British Commonwealth gave their lives in service. More than 17,000 of these were members of the Royal Canadian Air Force, or Canadians serving with the Royal Air Force. Approximately one-third of all who died have no known grave. Of these, 20,450 are commemorated by name on the Runnymede Memorial, which is situated at Englefield Green, near Egham, 32 kilometers by road west of London.
The design of the Runnymede Memorial is original and striking. On the crest of Cooper's Hill, overlooking the Thames, a square tower dominates a cloister, in the centre of which rests the Stone of Remembrance. The cloistered walks terminate in two lookouts, one facing towards Windsor, and the other towards London Airport at Heathrow. The names of the dead are inscribed on the stone reveals of the narrow windows in the cloisters and the lookouts. They include those of 3,050 Canadian airmen. Above the three-arched entrance to the cloister is a great stone eagle with the Royal Air Force motto, Per Ardua ad Astra". On each side is the inscription:
IN THIS CLOISTER ARE RECORDED THE NAMES OF TWENTY THOUSAND AIRMEN WHO HAVE NO KNOWN GRAVE. THEY DIED FOR FREEDOM IN RAID AND SORTIE OVER THE BRITISH ISLES AND THE LANDS AND SEAS OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN EUROPE
In the tower a vaulted shrine, which provides a quiet place for contemplation, contains illuminated verses by Paul H. Scott."
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