Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Family group:
Pair: Private C. H. Batchelor, Leicestershire Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 8 June 1917
British War and Victory Medals (3294 Pte. C. H. Batchelor. Leic. R.) in named card box of issue, extremely fine

British War Medal 1914-20 (12400 Pte. E. Batchelor. K. R. Rif. C.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (19832 Pte. R. Batchelor. R. Berks. R.) extremely fine (4) £70-£90

Cecil Henry Batchelor was born in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, and attested for the Leicestershire Regiment. He served with the 1st/4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 25 June 1915, and was killed in action on 8 June 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France.

Ernest Batchelor, the brother of Cecil Henry Batchelor, attested for the King’s Royal Rifle Corps and served with the 18th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. He was killed in action on 21 September 1917, and is buried at Hooge Crater Cemetery, Belgium.