Completed John Thomas Darby Bate

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Air mechanic 2nd Class 54843 John Thomas Darby Bate
Abt 1896 -4/3/1917 (20)
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Dob abt 1896 Dudley

Baptism ??

Parents John Thomas Bate Sarah Ann Bartley
John Thomas Bate abt ??
Sarah Ann Bartley abt 1878 -

Sarah Anns Mother
Mary Bartley married Richard Gibbons in June quarter 1884,
Grand Parents Marriage
1/6/1884 Staffordshire Tipton St Martin
Register type Parish Register
Register entry number 301
Marriage date 01 Jun 1884
Groom forename Richard
Groom surname GIBBONS
Groom age 24
Groom condition bachelor
Groom occupation Puddler
Groom abode Tipton
Bride forename Mary
Bride surname BARTLEY
Bride age 25
Bride condition spinster
Bride abode Tipton
Groom father forename John
Groom father surname GIBBONS
Groom father occupation Miller
Bride father forename Joseph
Bride father surname BARTLEY
Bride father occupation Moulder
Witness1 William WALTON
Witness2 Sarah Ann PARSONS
Notes All parties sign by mark. Groom's father deceased.

1901 ??

John Bate living with his grandmother Mary Gibbons in 1911

1911 Census
57 Alexandra Road, Tipton, Staffs.
Richard Gibbons (52, Puddler, born Tipton), his wife Mary (50, born Tipton), and John Bates (sic) (14, Grandson, born Tipton).

WW1 Records
Air mechanic 2nd Class 54843 John Thomas Darby Bate
Died Home on Sunday, 4th March 1917, age 20.
Buried in Grave C. Ded. 174A. at Tipton Cemetery, Staffordshire, United Kingdom.
Royal Flying Corps, R.T. Centre.
Son of John Thomas Bate, of 10 Court, 2 House, New Rd., Great Bridge, Tipton.
Born: Unknown, Enlisted: Unknown, Resident: Unknown.
Never served abroad.
Medal entitlement: No medal entitlement.
Airmen's Papers at National Archives survived and transcribed.

Dod 4/3/1917 (20) Eastern General Hospital, Cambridge
Died from Cerebro Spinal Meningitis

Buried in Grave C. Ded. 174A. at Tipton Cemetery, Staffordshire, United Kingdom.

www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/395332/

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/124 ... mas_d-bate

John Bate is commemorated on the Tipton Library Memorial as J Bate, the CWGC shows him as JTD Bate.

Any other info
Airman 2nd Class 54843 John Thomas Darby Bate Never Served abroad

John enlisted with the Royal Flying Corps on 28th January 1917, he died just 5 weeks later on 4th March 1917.
As John was still serving with the RFC he was entitled to a Commonwealth War Graves headstone

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Parents Marriage
Freereg
8/11/1896 Staffordshire Tipton St Paul
Parish Register
Register entry number 402
Marriage date 08 Nov 1896
Groom forename John Thomas Darby
Groom surname BATE
Groom age 20
Groom condition bachelor
Groom occupation Sawyer
Groom abode Bridge Road, Toll End
Bride forename Sarah Ann
Bride surname BARTLEY
Bride age 19
Bride condition spinster
Bride abode Watery Lane, Tipton
Groom father forename Joseph
Groom father surname BATE
Groom father occupation Bundler
Witness1 William HORTON
Witness2 Sarah Ann BATE
Notes Bride's father's name and occupation not given. Witness 1 signs by mark.

Sarah Ann Bartley
Marriage Age 19
Record Type Marriage
Birth Date abt 1877
Residence Place Tipton
Marriage Date 8 Nov 1896
Marriage Place Tipton, St Paul, Staffordshire, England
Spouse
John Thomas Darby Bate
Religion Anglican
Page number 201

1901 140A Toll End Rd Tipton
John S Bate 25 Head No occupation recorded
Sarah A Bate 24 Wife
Joseph Bate 2 Son
Richard C Bate 1 Son
All born Tipton

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