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Batty, Dennis
Arthur Henry Dennis Batty
A H D Batty
Description
An account of the resource
Twelve items. The collection concerns Flight Sergeant Arthur Dennis Batty DFM (1920 - 1941, 619060, Royal Air Force) and consists of his diary, letters and documents. He flew operations as an air gunner with 226 Squadron. <br /><br />The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Christine Aram and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. <br /><br />Additional information on Dennis Batty is available via the <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/201592/">IBCC Losses Database</a>.
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2015-10-01
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Batty, AHD
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Where Shamrocks grow though I don’t get a chance to see ‘em.
10-9-40.
Dear Phil,
Just a few lines in reply to your ever welcome letter which I haven’t yet received, & which you must have posted last week as I haven’t yet read it ‘cos it will not get here till yesterday. I have some sad news for you Phil, our squadron Pig died yesterday & he was our nearest[?] so you had not better open this letter till 2 hrs after you receive it so that it will break the news more gently, the vet said it died from pneumonia but between me & you Phil, it died from lack of breath I’m sure.
Well thats[sic] the kind of thing we have to put up with, with these Irishmen. I hope that you are still as well as when I last saw you & still working your fingers to the bone on the Transport.
[page break]
Well Phil I’m afraid there isn’t any more news, as I can’t give you any details of the raids that we do as it isn’t done, as much as you would like to know, although we are giving ‘em twice as much as they could possibly give us. So I will have to say goodbye & I felt I had to write just to relieve the monopoly [inserted] that’s a game we play, but it also means a kind of repetition of things so Im[sic] told to be sure. [/inserted] of your life so I will say goodbye & look if you want to see me, I shall be in Belfast at 7 next Sunday by the monument & if I get there first I’ll put a chalk mark [deleted word] on it but if you get there first, rub it out & I shall know that you can’t possibly come so goodbye for now stooge.
Your loving Brother Denis
P.S. Give my love to all. I will write to Dad a little later.
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Letter from Dennis Batty to brother Phil
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Comments on recent letters and reports death of squadron pig. Continues with banter and gossip. Mentions that he cannot write about his operations. Writes that he would be back in Belfast next Sunday and hopes to meet up with him.
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A H D Batty
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1940-09-10
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Two page handwritten letter
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eng
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EBattyAHDBattyPH400910
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Royal Air Force
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Great Britain
Northern Ireland--Belfast
Great Britain
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1940-09
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Sue Smith
animal
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Title
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Batty, Dennis
Arthur Henry Dennis Batty
A H D Batty
Description
An account of the resource
Twelve items. The collection concerns Flight Sergeant Arthur Dennis Batty DFM (1920 - 1941, 619060, Royal Air Force) and consists of his diary, letters and documents. He flew operations as an air gunner with 226 Squadron. <br /><br />The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Christine Aram and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. <br /><br />Additional information on Dennis Batty is available via the <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/201592/">IBCC Losses Database</a>.
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2015-10-01
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Batty, AHD
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SAME ADDRESS
[underlined] THURSDAY. [/underlined]
Dear Phil,
I received your most welcome epistle yesterday, & was glad to know that you were quite well, I can quite see your point, I don’t get so much spare time as you but the little I do get is spent writing letters etc, & [deleted] [indecipherable word] [/deleted] making eyes at girls.
Things are pretty hot here just of late, well not here actually but for our boys, we are visiting our friends every night & giving them a nice drop of medicine & we have lost 3 boys this past week, but were glad to hear that they were safe yesterday, so that called for a bottle of whisky & we’ll all be merry & bright sort of style.
Well Phil you never told me who your girl friend is, or if you still [circled malingered] around Beeches Road living in Hopes. You should go dancing my lad & you’d have stacks of ‘em
[page break]
I was glad to hear you had got your bike at last, I nearly bought a motor bike the other week, but I must have been half crazy at the time ‘cos [sic] any other time I wouldn’t think of it, they are too dangerous & I think I’ll get a car later on.
Well Pal Je partir pour football maintanaint, au Revoir mon Frére –
Your loving brother
[underlined] Denis [/underlined]
[underlined] (your Partner in crime). [/underlined]
Miss D. Merrett
Station House
Chapel Rd
Ebley
[underlined] Stroud [/underlined]
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Letter from Dennis Batty to brother Phil
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Reply to his letter containing chat, gossip and about his activities. Mentions nearly buying a motor bike.
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A H D Batty
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Two page handwritten letter
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eng
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EBattyAHDBattyPH[Date]-01
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Steve Christian
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Civilian
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Title
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Batty, Dennis
Arthur Henry Dennis Batty
A H D Batty
Description
An account of the resource
Twelve items. The collection concerns Flight Sergeant Arthur Dennis Batty DFM (1920 - 1941, 619060, Royal Air Force) and consists of his diary, letters and documents. He flew operations as an air gunner with 226 Squadron. <br /><br />The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Christine Aram and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. <br /><br />Additional information on Dennis Batty is available via the <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/201592/">IBCC Losses Database</a>.
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2015-10-01
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Batty, AHD
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F/Sgt. D Batty.
SGTS MESS
CENTRAL GUNNERY SCHOOL
CASTLE KENNEDY
NR STRANRAER
[underlined] SCOTLAND [/underlined]
Dear Mother, & Dad,
Am pleased to say that I arrived OK yesterday & of course, I could have had another day at home ’cos [sic] no one knew that I was coming.
Well this place is terrible I am living in tents, there are 35 of us here & it seems that the Camp has only been made a fortnight & you can guess what it is like no shops for miles right out in the Highlands that’s why I am using part of my exercise books to write letters we cant get any writing paper, well I shall probably be home again within a month that’s all the course is. So all the best for now, Keep Well love to all,
Your loving Son
[underlined] Dennis [/underlined]
[page break]
Dennis [deleted] Last [/deleted] letter
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Letter from Dennis Batty to his parents
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Reports his arrival at Castle Kennedy and comments on the state of the camp. Mentions he should be home in a month after course complete.
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A H D Batty
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One page handwritten letter
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eng
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EBattyAHDBattyGV-A[Date]-01
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Civilian
Royal Air Force
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Great Britain
Scotland--Dumfries and Galloway
Scotland--Stranraer
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Steve Christian
air gunner
Air Gunnery School
aircrew
military living conditions
RAF Castle Kennedy
training
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Title
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Batty, Dennis
Arthur Henry Dennis Batty
A H D Batty
Description
An account of the resource
Twelve items. The collection concerns Flight Sergeant Arthur Dennis Batty DFM (1920 - 1941, 619060, Royal Air Force) and consists of his diary, letters and documents. He flew operations as an air gunner with 226 Squadron. <br /><br />The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Christine Aram and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. <br /><br />Additional information on Dennis Batty is available via the <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/201592/">IBCC Losses Database</a>.
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2015-10-01
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Batty, AHD
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F/SGT. D. BATTY.
SGTS MESS.
CGS
RAF.
CASTLE KENNEDY.
STRANRAER
[underlined] SCOTLAND [/underlined]
[inserted] Dennis last letter to me. [/inserted]
Dear Mother,
I received the paper & cigs today, thanks a lot, I am getting used to this now & have my first exam tomorrow on Sights etc. it promises to be tough but I think that I have it weighed up OK.
Some good news, I shall manage to get Home on Monday the 11th of August late at night if everything goes OK. I am going to
[page break]
Belfast this Monday if I can get for 2 days but I couldn’t get home & back I time.
Well, I am now continuing I left this off last night, I had the exam today & think I got through OK, but still have another fortnight or so to go yet Well give my love to all, I’m getting pretty lazy here so I will finish now, must write to Joan Winnie & Rose so Au Revoir,
Love to all,
[underlined] Dennis [/underlined]
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Letter from Dennis Batty to his mother
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Reports arrival of paper and cigarettes. mentions taking exam and he will be able to get home for a leave. Continues next day, writes of taking exam that day and others in the future. Annotated 'Dennis last letter to me'.
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A H D Batty
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Two page handwritten letter
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eng
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EBattyAHDBattyGV41XXXX-01
Coverage
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Civilian
Royal Air Force
Spatial Coverage
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Scotland
Scotland--Dumfries and Galloway
Scotland--Stranraer
Scotland
Great Britain
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This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal.
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Steve Christian
air gunner
Air Gunnery School
aircrew
RAF Castle Kennedy
training