Orders, Decorations and Medals

Pair: Gunner C. Batten, ‘T’ Battery, Royal Horse Artillery, taken prisoner at Sannah’s Post, 31 March 1900

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Belfast (3446 Gnr., T. Bty. R.H.A.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (3446 Gnr., R.H.A.) contact marks, nearly very fine (2) £260-300

Charles Batten was born in Holsworthy, Devonshire. A Farm Labourer by occupation, he attested for the Royal Artillery at Devonport on 11 April 1894. With ‘T’ Battery, Royal Horse Artillery he served in South Africa, December 1899- August 1902. He was taken prisoner at Sannah’s Post on 31 December 1900 but later released. ‘Q’ Battery won no less than four Victoria Crosses at Sannah’s Post. Transferred to the Army Reserve in September 1902 and discharged on 10 April 1906. With copied service papers and roll extracts.