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Henry Batten Huddleston

Henry Batten Huddleston

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Lieutenant Colonel Henry Batten Huddleston OBE VD (22 January 1864 – 7 March 1944),[1] also known as H.B. Huddleston, was Chief Agent and later a Director of the Burma Railways.[2][3][4][5] During World War I, Huddleston commanded the Burma Railway Battalion of the Indian Defence Force.[6] He was Honorary Aide-de-Camp to the Lieutenant Governor of Burma and Chairman of the Rangoon Port Trust.[7][8][9]

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Life

Henry Batten Huddleston was born in Barrackpore, India, on 22 January 1864, the son of Graham Egerton Huddleston by his second wife, Amelia Frances Sophia (née Batten).[6] He was educated at Bedford Modern School.[10]

Huddleston was Chief Agent and later a Director of the Burma Railways.[3][4][5][2] During World War I, Huddleston commanded the Burma Railway Battalion of the Indian Defence Force.[6] He was Honorary Aide-de-Camp to the Lieutenant Governor of Burma and Chairman of the Rangoon Port Trust.[7][8]

On 27 October 1887, Huddleston married Mary Louise Fraser at Purneah, Bengal.[6] They had one son, Leslie, who died as an infant, and a daughter, Winifred Evelyn Huddleston.[6] After his retirement, Huddleston was offered a seat on the London board of the Burma Railways.[6]

Huddleston's greatest hobby was fishing and he was a member of the Flyfishers' Club.[6] He died on 7 March 1944.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    Death Notice, The Times, March 10, 1944, p.1
  2. [2]
    The London Gazette, 17 January 1919, Issue 31131, p. 920
  3. [3]
    Henry Batten Huddleston on Lives of the First World War
  4. [4]
    Doyle, Patrick (March 20, 1904). "Indian Engineering" – via Google Books.
  5. [5]
    Nokes, George Augustus; Gairns, John Francis (March 20, 1925). "The Railway Year Book". Railway Publishing Company, Limited – via Google Books.
  6. [6]
    Huddleston, George (March 20, 1928). "... (The) Huddlestons by a Huddleston for the Huddlestons". Bristol, St. Stephen's Press – via Internet Archive.
  7. [7]
    Supplement to The London Gazette, 7 January 1918, Issue 30460, p. 388
  8. [8]
    "The Railway Gazette". Queen Anne's Chambers. March 20, 1918 – via Google Books.
  9. [9]
    Trust, Rangoon (India) Port (March 20, 1910). "Annual Report and Accounts" – via Google Books.
  10. [10]
    "Community: Bedford Modern School - List of Old Bedford Modernians serving in HM Forces 1914 - 1918. | Lives of the First World War". livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk.
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