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NAME:                      Batchelor, Thomas Archibald
RANK:                      Major
UNIT:                      Royal Air Force
BATTALION ETC:             No.2 School of Navigation and Bomb Dropping
REGIMENTAL NUMBER:         
HOW DIED/DATE OF DEATH:    22nd April 1919 at Andover, crashed into building night flying.
WHERE BURIED/COMMEMORATED: Holy Trinity Churchyard, Penton Mewsey, Hampshire, UK
OTHER INFORMATION:         DFC.; AFC. Age 32. Born 24th April 1886 at Aldershot, Hants.
                           On Royal Aero Club Certificate, passed 17th Decmber 1915,
                           and address listed as The Nook, Vanbrugh Fields, Blackheath, SE.
                           Son of Capt. Thomas Batchelor (4th King's Own) & Emily Batchelor.
                           In 1911 family living at 28 Coleraine Road, Westcombe Park, Blackheath, SE,
                           Thomas Archibald's occupation listed as Assistant Paymaster, Royal Navy.
                           Husband of Una Decima Batchelor of 30 Hampstead Rd., Preston Park, Brighton.
                           Married 18th November 1915 at Christ Church, Greenwich, Kent.
                           On pension card address is Milford, Constitution Hill, Woking.
                           In probate he is living at Glenlyon, Alexandra Road, Andover.