In Memory Of

BALLENDEN, CHRISTOPHER WILLIAM

Service Details
Age:
 28
Date of Birth:
 1916-09-26
Service No:
 129862
Rank:
 Captain
Unit:
 attd. 2 Field Coy., West African Engineers, R.W.A.F.F.
Regiment:
 Royal Engineers
Date of Death:
 1945-03-17
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, at Letmauk, Burma
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 12. D. 4.
Cemetery:
 TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY
Country:
 Myanmar
Additional Information
Decorations:
 M C and bar, Mentioned in Despatches
Citations:
 MC LG 28 February 1941; Bar to MC LG Sup 21 October 1941 pg. 6085, MID LG Sup 9 May 1946 pg. 2212
Son of William Christopher and Joan (nee Cowley) Ballenden, of Fernbank, Hilton Road, Natal. Husband of Daphne (nee Hall) Ballenden. Born Pietermaritzburg. Educated Hilton College and Wits University College. A mining engineering student at Wits before enlistment. Proceeded to England in September 1939 and joined the Officer Training Corps. Awarded the MC at El Wak and the Bar in Italian Somaliland. ref. UK, Army Roll of Honour, 1939-1945. Commemorated on Hilton College, Wits University College and Greytown, Natal WWII Memorials