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Offline jobdiesel

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RAF Batman in Dorset
« on: Saturday 28 May 11 22:19 BST (UK) »
Hi

My grandfather, Cyril Way, was apparently a batman in WWII.  Could anyone tell me what his duties might have been?  I was also told he was a medic and that he used to deliver prosthetic limbs and dispose of the original.  I have applied for his service records, but was wondering whether anyone has any information to add to that.

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Re: RAF Batman in Dorset
« Reply #1 on: Friday 10 June 11 18:46 BST (UK) »
A batman is the personal assistant (attendant or servant) of an officer in Britsh military service. Or the person allocated to a company of military personnel to take charge of cooking utensils etc of the company. The word is short for bat-horse man. The bat-horse was the horse used by the bat-horse man to carry non-combatant items by saddle pack.
He could well have been both things. Some of the trades were oddjob men/women.
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