Template:Did you know nominations/Reginald St John Battersby
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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 21:18, 5 September 2018 (UTC)
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Reginald St John Battersby[edit]
- ... that Reginald St John Battersby joined the British Army aged 14, was commissioned at 15 and lost a leg at 17? "Heroic Pal joined up at 14, lost leg at 17" "aged 15 years and two months, was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant"
- ALT1:... that 16-year-old Reginald St John Battersby led a 60-man platoon over the top on the first day on the Somme? "leading a platoon of 60 men" "Lt Battersby fearlessly led his men – many old enough to be his father – over the top."
- ALT2:... that when Reginald St John Battersby's father heard he had enlisted in the army underage rather than request his release he lobbied for him to receive an officers commission?"His father was more distressed at his joining as an ordinary soldier and enlisted the support of the mayor of Manchester and the headmaster of Middleton Grammar School to recommend St John be commissioned as an officer"
- ALT3:... that after losing a leg in battle 17-year-old officer Reginald St John Battersby refused to resign from the army when requested and successfully returned to active duty?"At the end of 1917, the Ministry of Defence told Battersby that he should relinquish his commission. He replied that he was now well enough to have an artificial leg fitted, that he was "quite fit in every other way" and that he wished to remain in the army until the end of the war. He won his battle with the authorities and, after being passed fit for work on 13 March, 1918, he joined the transportation branch of the Royal Engineers' Record Office in London five days later"
Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 10:44, 11 August 2018 (UTC).
Article is long enough and new enough with acknowledgement that there was a list of potential sources posted on this article page in late Jul; don’t know why draft source list was put on-line before article was ready to post. Article itself has no sourcing, copyright, or content issues. All 4 hooks have good sources and meets length and format criterion. QPQ was done. I think original hook is the best, but any of the 4 hooks of could be used.--Orygun (talk) 19:59, 11 August 2018 (UTC)
