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Menin Gate, Ypres Menin Gate, Ypres
First Name: Richard Edward Last Name: BATEMAN
Date of Death: 16/01/1915 Lived/Born In: Limehouse
Rank: Private Unit: Middlesex4
Memorial Site: 1. Limehouse, St Anne 2. Menin Gate, Ypres

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Carr Street, Limehouse
 

On 13th January, 1915, the 4th Middlesex battalion of 8 Brigade, 3rd Division moved into trenches at Vierstraat a few kilometres to the south of Ypres in Belgium, where they remained until relieved on 17th January. Here they had to contend with the usual sniping and shelling as a result of which the battalion sustained five casualties. One of these was Richard Bateman who was killed on 16th January.

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