5455 Lance Corporal E Batstone, 1st Battalion the Oxfordshire Light Infantry. The battalion deployed to South Africa for the Second Anglo Boer War, sailing on the Gaika on 22 Dec 1899, and arrived at Cape Town on 13 Jan 1900. Along with the 2nd East Kent, 2nd Gloucesters, and 1st West Riding Regiment, they formed the 13th Brigade under Major General C E Knox. They joined the main army for the advance to Bloemfontein and Pretoria, and were immediately in action with Cronje's rear-guard on 16 Feb 1900 as they crossed the Modder River and fought at the battle of Paardeberg (18-27 Feb 1900). Lance Corporal Batstone was killed in action on the first day of the battle of Paardeberg. He was buried on the battlefield. He is also commemorated on the Oxfordshire Light Infantry Boer War memorial in Edward Brooks Barracks, Cholswell Road, Shippon, Vale Of White Horse, Oxfordshire (see: https://www.angloboerwar.com/forum/17-memorials-and-monuments/28258-1st-battalion-oxfordshire-light-infantry).
5455 Lance Corporal E Batstone, 1st Battalion the Oxfordshire Light Infantry. The battalion deployed to South Africa for the Second Anglo Boer War, sailing on the Gaika on 22 Dec 1899, and arrived at Cape Town on 13 Jan 1900. Along with the 2nd East Kent, 2nd Gloucesters, and 1st West Riding Regiment, they formed the 13th Brigade under Major General C E Knox. They joined the main army for the advance to Bloemfontein and Pretoria, and were immediately in action with Cronje's rear-guard on 16 Feb 1900 as they crossed the Modder River and fought at the battle of Paardeberg (18-27 Feb 1900). Lance Corporal Batstone was killed in action on the first day of the battle of Paardeberg. He was buried on the battlefield. He is also commemorated on the Oxfordshire Light Infantry Boer War memorial in Edward Brooks Barracks, Cholswell Road, Shippon, Vale Of White Horse, Oxfordshire (see: https://www.angloboerwar.com/forum/17-memorials-and-monuments/28258-1st-battalion-oxfordshire-light-infantry).
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