Henry Ernest Bateman was born in 1899 in Buttevant, County Cork, Ireland to Ernest Walter Bateman 1870-1938 and Florence Annie (nee Smallman) 1872-1914.
He had two sisters and a brother:
Mabel Clarissa 1896-?, (Mabel lived in Wales in Penrhos in Powys)
Cyril Francis 1906-1972 m Helena Louise Lockley 1918-1974
Florence Gwendoline 1908-1990 m William Alfred Parr 1906-1954.
Henry's father Ernest was a career soldier as was his father George.
Henry has no known grave and is remembered on the Vis-en-Artois Memorial located between Arras and Cambrai.