Frederick Bateman

Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France

Frederick Bateman

Rifleman No. 4302

1st/8th Battalion London Regiment (Post Office Rifles)

Killed in action in France 21 May 1916. Age 29.

Commemorated on Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 10

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Born in Liverpool, Lancashire on 24th April 1887.

Illegitimate son of Sarah Carter (nee Bateman) and Amos Henry Lewis. 

Frederick was brought up by a Mrs Davies as Frederick Davies.

His mother, Sarah Bateman, married William Carter in 1907.

The 1911 Census shows Frederick as a Post Office messenger.

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Frederick was killed in France, shortly after arriving.