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Military service
Service number:
204510
Age:
23
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
13th Bn.
Birth:
November 9, 1893
Peterborough, Ontario
Enlistment:
March 18, 1916
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Death:
April 9, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Albert Westly Batten and Bessie Batten, of Warsaw, Ontario. Brother of Andrew.
Additional citations
British War Medal, Victory Medal
Digital gallery of Private William Richard Batten
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Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens)
Digital gallery of
Private William Richard Batten
Digital gallery of
Private William Richard Batten
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 197 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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