Brig.General Bernard Montague Bateman C.M.G., L d'H

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Third name is 'Montegue' on ancestry birth record.
Precise birth date from Bateman research.

1871 census (age 5) living in Islington with parents and siblings. Here hard to read but looks like Howard M.

1881 Census (age 15) is boarder at Wimbledon School, 33 The Ridgeway, Wimbledon. Here ALSO hard to read but looks like Bernard N. Can't find this school today - so no old boys registar to check.

London Gazette, 15 Jul 1884; The undermentioned Gentlemen Cadets, from the Royal Military Academy, to be Lieutenants. Dated 5th July, 1884; Bernard Montague Bateman, vice C. Wood, seconded.

Times 20 Jun 1890; Marriages; On the 18th June at St.Stephen's, Gloucester-road by the Rev G.Beilby (qv), Rector of Street, Somerset, assisted by the Rev J.P.Waldo, Vicar of St Stephen's, BERNARD MONTAGUE BATEMAN, Royal Artillery, youngest son of the late Henry Bateman FRCS, England, to ALICE MAUDE, elder dau of AUGUSTUS BRIGGS HINKSON Esq of Barbados, West Indies.

1891 Census; Can't find. Presumably he was posted to Spike Island (Military Prison), Co.Cork as son born there in 1891.

London Gazette 15 Dec 1893 ; To be Captains; Lieutenant Bernard Montagu Bateman, vice H.B.Gundry; promoted. Dated 16 Dec 1893.

1901 Census; Can't find.

1911 Census ; Living (age 45) at Burlington, Queens Rd, Felixstowe, Suffolk with wife. Major Royal Garrison Artillery .

1921 Census; Living (aged 55y,11m) at The Royal Hotel, Winchester. As visitor, with wife. Occupation;Retired Brigadier General.

Found a Bernard Montague Bateman who was a General in WWI :
http://web.westernfrontassociation.com/thegreatwar/articles/research/generallist.htm

This led to Wendy finding;
National Archives website;
Medal Card of Bateman Bernard Montague ,
28th Heavy Artillery Brigade Lieutenant Colonel
General Officer Commanding Royal Artillery 4th Garrison Brigadier General.
Date range: 1914 - 1920.

London Gazette; 1 May 1917; Legion d'Honneur. Croix d'Officier; Lt-Col (temporary Brig-General) Bernard Mountague (sic) Bateman, C.M.G., Royal Artillery.

London Gazette; 23 Dec 1919; The following Cols. retire on ret. pay and are granted the hon. rank of Brig. Gen:- B.M.Bateman, C.M.G. 15th Nov 1919.

London Gazette 19 Jun 1931;
In the High Court of Justice (Chancery Division).—Companies Court.
Mr. Registrar Mellor. No. 00143 of 1931.
In the Matter of HEPPELLS Limited, and in the Matter of the Companies Act, 1929. NOTICE is hereby given that by an Order made by the High Court of Justice upon the application of the Official Receiver and Liquidator of the above named Company, and dated the 29th day of May, 1931, it was ordered that the following persons be appointed a Committee of Inspection to act with the Official Receiver as Liquidator of the above named Company, namely: —
Arthur Henry Baker, of 258, Euston Road, in the county of London, holding a general power of attorney from Sangers Limited.
Frederic George Howard, of 8 and 10, Great Titchfield Street, in the, county of London, holding a general power of attorney from Titterton and Howard (1930) Limited.
Archibald Richards, of 31, Whitcomb Street, in the county of London.
Wilfred Lawson Dell, of Mindip, The Ridgeway, Mill Hill in the county of London;
And Brigadier-General Bernard Montague Bateman, C.M.G., of 8, Rothsay Gardens, Bedford, in the county of Bedford.
Dated this 17th day of June, 1931.
E. T. A. PHILLIPS, 33, Carey Street, London, W.C. 2, Official Receiver and Liquidator.

From Wendy H;The Times March 16 1937, BATEMAN on March 15 1937, at a London Nursing home Brigadier-General Bernard M Bateman, CMG, Legion d'Honneur, late Royal Artillery. Cremation at Golders Green tomorrow (Wednesday) at 3pm. No flowers by request.

Probate Index; Bernard Montague Bateman, Southbrook, Budleigh Salteron died 15 03 1937 Beaumonts, St London Effects £14147 18 1

From Wendy H; Who Was Who entry; BATEMAN Brig-Gen ; Bernard Montague (b Salterton, Devon (wrong!) 3 July 1865 - d 15 March 1937). CMG 1916, late RA. youngest son of late Henry Bateman FRCS (Eng.) and Elizabeth Helen Senior; married 1890, Alice Maude, dau of late A.B.Hinkson. Education; Wimbledon; RMA, Woolwich. Work; Served S Africa 1900-1902 (despatches, Queen's medal 3 clasps, King's medal 2 clasps); European Water, 1914 (despatches, CMG, Officer Legion d'Honneur, 1915 star, GS and Victory Medals). Address; Southbrook, West Hill, Budleigh Salterton, Devon. Clubs; Junior Army and Navy.

From Anthony; Bernard Bateman died 15 March 1937. He and his widow, Alice Maude, lived at Southbrook, Budleigh Salterton, Devon. They were married in St Stephens Church, Kensington on 18 June 1890. She was 20 and lived at 27 Longridge Rd, Earls Court - father, Augustus Briggs Hinkson, Gentleman. Maude was the informant of the death of their son, Bernard, aged 24, on 24 July 1915, registered in Lambeth.

Anthony Bateman research; he had passed the Army's French interpreter's exam.
and
Bernard was also a substantive Colonel, promoted to Temp Brig.Gen., but granted the honorary rank of Brig. Gen. on retirement in 1920. Anne G-P remembered seeing him in full red tabs and brass hat kit at a funeral.

From 'Philip Bateman (1896 - 1965), his families and circle'
"At one stage he found himself encamped with his kite balloon and crew in a wood close to his uncle's headquarters in Vlamertinghe Chateau near Ypres. Brigadier General Bateman CMG, Officier de le Legion d'Honneur, commanded the heavy artillery of VIII Corps, covering the Ypres Salient and Philip was pleased to be spotting for his Uncle Bernard. Philip's cousin Bernard, a Lieutenant in the Royal Field Artillery and the General's only child, died of wounds after winning the Military Cross at Sanctuary Wood, near Ypres. "

His (modest) estate passed to Philip Bateman, inc his medals, and those of his son.

From Anthony; copy of a biog given out at his funeral; Brig.-General Bernard Montague Bateman C.M.G., Born 3rd July 1865, Died 15th March 1937. Brigadier-General Bernard Montague Bateman, C.M.G., who died at a London Nursing Home on the 15th March last at the age of 71 was educated at Wimbledon School, passed thence into the Royal Military Academy and was gazetted into the Royal Artillery on the 5th July 1884.
In 1888 he passed the Interpreter's examination in French and without any assistance from crammers "qualified" for the Staff College in 1890. He served three times as Adjutant, covering nearly 8 and a 1/2 years and only broken by illness, promotion and the South African War. As a Garrison Gunner he was considered lucky in getting to South Africa in January 1900 and served all the time in Remounts finishing as D.A.A.G. in September 1902 and being mentioned in despatches.
He served in the Great War with the Heavy Artillery from March 1915 to February 1918 - all the time in defence of the Ypres Salient. In 1916 he was created C.M.G., appointed Brigadier-General and promoted to Substantive Colonel. In 1917 he was created an officer of the Legion d'Honneur and received it from General Nivelle. He was three times mentioned in despatches. In December 1919 he retired from the army after serving as C.I.G., Scottish Command and C.R.A., Forth Garrison.
He made no pretension to being a scientific gunner, as he was always told - when Adjutant - he could not be spared to do the Long Course. As a man he was much loved by those under him for his justice, wonderful courage and the charm of his refreshing sense of humour which could always enliven any subject with a humurous common sense. Any order which was contrary to the interests of the service or the welfare of the officers and men under his command he would fight to the verge of losing his commission or appointment. These characteristics will remain an inspiration to many of his friends as long as they live.
In 1890 he married Alice Maude, daughter of Mr.A.B.Hinkson of Barbados and had one son, Lt. B.M.B. Bateman, M.C., R.F.A., who was mortally wounded in 1915 near Ypres.

Bernard married Alice Maude Hinkson, daughter of Augustus Briggs Hinkson and Unknown, on 18 Jun 1890 in St.Stephen's, Kensington, London. (Alice Maude Hinkson died on 12 Oct 1939 in Budleigh Salterton, Devon.)