Photographs relating to his service in India, 1933-1934, notably including two photographs of 11 Field Battery testing wireless equipment, 1934.
BATTEN, Lt Col John Forbes (b 1893)
This material is held atLiddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, King's College London
- Reference
- GB 99 KCLMA Batten
- Dates of Creation
- 1933-1934
- Language of Material
- english
- Physical Description
- 1 file
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Born in 1893; 2nd Lt, 1912; served in France and Belgium, 1914-1915, 1917; Lt, 1915; Capt, 1916; Deputy Assistant Adjutant General, India, 1919-1920; Captain Instructor in Gunnery (Artillery), School of Artillery, 1922-1926; Staff Officer, Royal Artillery, Northern Command, 1926-1928; Staff Captain, School of Artillery, 1928; commanded 11 Field Battery, Royal Artillery, India, 1933-1934.
Arrangement
1 file.
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Acquisition Information
Presented to the Centre by the family in 1988.
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