Batzer R J Pte 302201 5th London Regiment
Taken 24th Jun 1916
Photo copied and cropped from The Past on Glass at Sutton Archives.
Photographer David Knights-Whittome. Shared under the Creative Commons Non Commercial
Batzer Robert John Pte 302201 5th London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade)
Born 4th Nov 1884 in Stoke Newington, London. Parents August Robert and Hannah Batzer
France with the 5th London Regiment 12th Jul 1916 to 13th Nov 1916
Commissioned 10th London Regiment
Awarded Military Cross at Tilloy 27th Aug 1918
Citation : For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. This officer led his company with great dash in an attack on a village, pushed through it, and captured a machine gun, which he turned on the enemy. Throughout the operations he set a fine example and led his company successfully, owing to previous personal reconnaissances made under fire.
Married Doris Julia Fisher 3rd Nov 1927 at All Saints Parish, Banstead, Surrey.
In 1939 he was working as an insurance clerk and living in Banstead, Surrey
Died 22nd Jul 1956 at Kingswood Surrey. Aged 71.