Code: 51276
Three: Private S. Bateman, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was killed in action at the Battle of Festubert on 16 May 1915
1914-15 Star (8557 Pte. S. Bateman. Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (8557 Pte. S. Bateman. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.)
Condition good very fine
Footnote
Sidney Bateman was born at Walton in 1893 and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front and was killed in action at Richebourg L’Avoue during the Battle of Festubert on 16 May 1915. He has no known grave and is commemorated on Le Touret Memorial, France.