Death of Norman Bateman, formerly 1RGJ 1975-1989 - THIS BOARD IS NOW FOR HISTORICAL PURPOSES ONLY. CLICK ON RGJ ASSOCIATION TO RETURN TO NEW IN MEMORIAM FORUM.

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Death of Norman Bateman, formerly 1RGJ 1975-1989

Date: Dec 15, 2010

Norman served in 1st Bn for 14 years. Yet not one entry has been posted on here.
Could it be that we knew him by another name or nickname. Are any other details of Norman's service history known?
RIP Norman.

Date: Dec 20, 2010

RIP Norman. I left 1 RGJ in the summer of 1976 so our paths may have crossed so many faces and names the old memory tends to fog a bit after all these years. Rest in peace brother rifleman. Swift and Bold.

Date: Dec 21, 2010

I served from 1974 - 1993, unfortunately I did not get to 1 RGJ until 1990, so our paths never crossed I think.

But it is very sad that Norman's passing seems to have gone un-noticed, he was a fellow Rifleman in the greatest family Regiment, and as such, whilst I personally did not know him, I send my condolences to his family at this time.

Date: Dec 22, 2010

I saw this the day it was entered, and thought I recognised the name from 1RGJ. As I wasn't sure at the time, I waited to see if anyone else was going to write something which would help identify him better, which Coy etc..

RIP Norman, you joined the same year as I did, my sincere sympathy to his nearest and dearest.

Smudge

Date: Jan 29, 2011

we are not talking about batty bateman who was in the officers mess are we ? if so I worked with him for a few years in Tidworth