Bateman Hope and Caroline Tufnell were married in Essex in 1890. The following year they were living at Blunt’s Hall, in Witham, Essex, and Bateman’s occupation was shown as a farmer. In 1901, the couple were living at Tofts in Little Baddow, Essex, and had three children, Irene, Geoffrey and Sylvia. By 1911, the family had moved to Kilderry in Hatfield Peverel and Bateman was recorded as living on “private means”.
By 1916, Bateman and Caroline had moved to Melton and were living at Long Spring on Woods Lane. Bateman had received a commission as a Captain in the Suffolk Yeomanry, attached to the Royal Defence Corps. He also volunteered with the Red Cross as a “searcher”, attempting to find out what had happened to soldiers registered as missing on behalf of their families.
Bateman’s work for the Red Cross took him to Boulogne, France, where between 11th July and 26th October 1917, he was based at the Hotel Christol, the headquarters of the British Red Cross. He received the British War and Victory Medals.
In 1921, Bateman and Caroline emigrated to Canada where their daughters, Irene and Sylvia, married into the Considine family at a dual wedding ceremony on 10th November 1921; Irene to St. John Power Considine and Sylvia to Francis A R Considine. Bateman died on the 30th December 1943 and Caroline on 14th June 1957. Both are buried in Duncan, British Columbia.