Arthur Patrick Bateman-Champain

Major Arthur Patrick Bateman-Champain (17 October 1866 – 7 October 1907) was an Indian Army officer who served in the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Gurkha Rifles, and was in charge of the King's Indian Orderly Officers.

Major Arthur Patrick Bateman-Champain
Personal information
Full nameArthur Patrick Bateman-Champain
Born17 October 1866
Died7 October 1907
Lansdowne, India
RelationsClaude Bateman-Champain (brother), Francis Bateman-Champain (brother), John Bateman-Champain (brother), Hugh Bateman-Champain (brother) Fendall Currie (uncle), Sir Frederick Larkins Currie (uncle), Robert Currie (uncle), William Currie (uncle)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1884Cheltenham College
1889–1890North West Frontier Province (India)
1889–1890Northern India
1889–1890Lucknow
1889–1890Agra
1892–1893Umballa
1893East Gloucestershire
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Family background

Bateman-Champain was the son of Colonel Sir John Underwood Bateman-Champain, KCMG, RE and Harriet Sophie Currie.

He was part of a large cricketing family. His brothers Claude, Francis, Hugh and John all played first-class cricket, as did his uncles Fendall Currie, Sir Frederick Larkins Currie, Robert Currie and William Currie.

Bateman-Champain (standing, left), with King's Indian Orderly Officers from the Gurkha regiments, 1905

Career

Bateman-Champain was educated at Cheltenham College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.

He served in the Indian Army as an officer in the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Gurkha Rifles. In 1905 he was appointed to be in charge of the King's Indian Orderly Officers.[1]

He died in Lansdowne, India, on 7 October 1907.

References
  1. "No. 27820". The London Gazette. 21 July 1905. p. 5063.
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