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Name: BATTLEY, Rochfort Daniel
Nee: son of John D'Oyly Rochfort Battley
Birth Date: 1914
Death Date: 6 July 1992 Mombasa
Area: Kisumu, Likoni, Mombasa
Married: Eileen Mary b. 1913
Children: David Morton b. 1947
Book Reference: Sitrep 2, Gazette
General Information:
K Gazette 23 Dec 1994 for death of Rochfort Daniel Battley, late of Likoni, at Aga Khan Hosp 6 July 1992
Ancestry passenger lists in 1957 he was travelling with Elizabeth H. Battley b. 16 Sep 1920, Lynne b. 11 Jan 1950, and John Rochfort b. 28 Apr 1958
[He is not to be confused with his bro Daniel Rochfort Battley b. 16 May 1916 Kisumu, d. 1986 Southend, who married Elizabeth Hermione b. 1920 and had dau Hermione Lynne b. 1950]
One of the original '500' men in the Kenya Regt. in 1937. (KR 306)