History while in the forces
02 Sep 1914: joined 17th King's (Liverpool) RegimentApr 1915: proceeded to Grantham (training)
Sep 1915: proceeded to Salisbury
05 Nov 1915: proceeded to France (active service as Private attached to the Leeds gun section)
02 Jul 1916: wounded in the leg at Montauban (Somme)
08 Jul 1916: returned to England
13 Nov 1916: attached to 3rd King's
01 Feb 1917: attached to No 2, Machine Gun Cadet Battalion, Pirbright, Surrey
11 Jun 1917: gazetted 2nd Lieutenant in Machine Gun Corps, Harrowby Camp, Grantham
- Surname
- Bateman
- Forename
- Harold
- Service number
- [16027]
- Rating or rank
- 2nd Lieutenant [Cadet]
- Regiment or Other Unit
- 2nd Battalion Machine Gun Corps, [Cadet Battalion]
- Branch
- Old Swan, Liverpool
- Date of Birth
- 29 Jan 1890
- Date of birth
- 1890
- Date of Entering Bank's Service
- 10 Feb 1907
- Date of Joining HM Forces
- 02 Sep 1914
