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Batiste, T R



Abbeville Communal Cemetery

Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme

Picture courtesy of Mike & Rosemarie Thomas

For much of the War Abbeville was HQ to the Commonwealth lines of communication and three large hospitals were stationed there. The cemetery contains the graves of some 2529 men. It is a very large cemetery with the extension set on two levels at the back of a massive Communal Cemetery.

Designer - Sir Reginald Blomfield


Thomas Richard Batiste

Commemorated on:
Island (Bailiwick) Memorial, St Peter Port, Guernsey


Remembered on:

Island (Bailiwick) Memorial, St Peter Port, Guernsey

 

Commonwealth War Graves Commission Record

 


Private Thomas Richard Batiste
1st Battalion, Royal Guernsey Light Infantry
24/12/1917

Son of John & Alice J Batiste, of Guernsey. Husband of Naomi Louisa Batiste, of 1, St George's Esplanade, Guernsey. Born and enlisted at Guernsey.

Died of wounds, aged 20 years

 


Courtesy of The Guernsey Press & Brian de Jersey