Battley, E.L. Mne.

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Wounded 7 June & 1 November 1944. Mne. Ted 'Ben' Battley volunteered at the age of 17 and from April 1941 served 10th Battalion RM. He was wounded on 7 June 1944 on the quay at Port-en-Bessin below the Eastern Feature (along with his number 2 on the Bren, Mne. Roy Emsley, who was too badly wounded to return to to the unit but was awarded the MM). Mne. Battley re-joined 47 RM Commando at Fécamp and was very badly wounded on Walcheren on 1st November 1944 when LCT 18 was hit. Lt Lloyd and Cpl Rutherford got him out of the water onto an inflatable raft and "swam" him ashore. Mne. Battley lay on the beach in a bomb crater several days before getting evacuated. He was unable to return to 47 RM Commando after that.