Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private J. F. L. Bateson, Liverpool Regiment

1914-15 Star (330535 Pte., L’pool. R.); British War and Victory Medals (2468 Pte. L’pool. R.)

Three: Private C. Smith, Liverpool Regiment

1914-15 Star (14865 Pte., L’pool. R.); British War and Victory Medals (14865 Pte., L’pool. R.) good very fine and better (6) £160-200

John Frederick Lawrence Bateson was born in Everton, Liverpool and living in Walton, enlisted at Liverpool. Serving in the 9th Battalion Liverpool Regiment, he was killed in action, France/Flanders, on 31 July 1917, aged 29 years. The son of Thomas and Jane Bateson of 18 Olney Street, Walton, Liverpool; he was buried in the Potijze Burial Ground Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

Charles Smith was born in Liverpool and living in Bootle, enlisted at Seaforth, Lancashire. Serving with the 12th Battalion Liverpool Regiment, he was killed in action, France/Flanders, on 16 September 1916. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.