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Kenneth Bateman was the Foster-son of Charles and Jane Seddon, of Swinton, Lancashire. He enlisted in the Grenadier Guards and volunteered for Airborne Forces.

He successfully completed parachute training in Italy and was posted to B Squadron, 1st Special Air Service Regiment, Army Air Corps.

He was murdered by a Nazi firing squad on 7 July 1944, aged 24 and is now buried in Rom Communal Cemetery, Southern France.

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