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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]
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]
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