BORN HULL 1886. RESIDED BARNSLEY. SON OF GEORGE ARTHUR BATEMAN & SARAH ANN BATEMAN, HOYLE MILL, BARNSLEY. A GLASS HAND LABOURER. HE MARRIED GERTRUDE BARNES, AT ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH, BARNSLEY, ON 16/05/1908. HIS WIFE GETRUDE, LIVED AT 43 PROSPECT STREET, BARNSLEY, WITH THEIR DAUGHTER, ANNIE. HE ENLISTED AT BARNSLEY. SERVED AS ACTING SERGEANT, IN THE 6TH KINGS OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 08/08/1916, AGED 30. BURIED AT DELVILLE WOOD CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, "REST IN PEACE".