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BAILEY George Haddon 2/Lt
Catalogue reference: SKR/DAT/IP/20356
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This record is about the BAILEY George Haddon 2/Lt dating from 2000-2024.
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SKR/DAT/IP/20356
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Title (The name of the record)
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BAILEY George Haddon 2/Lt
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Date (When the record was created)
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2000-2024
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Description (What the record is about)
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The user is advised to read the FINDING AIDS document linked to this catalogue for an explanation of the method by which this record has been created and any terms used.
Surname: BAILEY;
Forename(s): George Haddon;
Initials: GH;
Rank: 2/Lt;
Resided in: Streatham;
Previous Number: 1428;
Previous Battalion: 9 of;
Previous Regiment: London Regt;
MGC Branch: Infantry;
MGC Unit: 145 Coy;
How killed: DOW;
Where: France;
When killed: 06-Apr-1917;
Other Data: War Illustrated, Vol IX, p 3220 for photograph
enlisted 29/2/1912 aged 17, occ - Clerk.
Cas Form: embarked for France 4/11/1914 - to UK 6/1/1915 frost bitten feet - to 8 GH - to UK per HT Carisbrook Castle
disch to Commsn 16/06/1915 9 R W Surrey Regt.
Cas Form: 2/Lt Bailey 145 Coy MGC
30/08/1916 to join BEF. To Base Depot Etaples. Posted 145 Coy 19/09/1916. 19/11/1916 to Divisional Sch - cancelled. Mentioned war diary 8/1/1917
6/4/1917 suffered shell wounds back and chest - DOW same day. (wounding & death reported in war diary)
Will: all effects to father Rev Gero Thos Bailey Baptist Minister - "I desire that some memento should be sent to Margaret Roy Dott 98 Buckingham Rd, Brighton and that my pocket case and contents should be returned to her"
NOK: Geo Thos Bailey (F) aged 60, Kate Annie Bailey (M) aged 61, sister Gladys Bailey (25), Grace Bailey (14)
War Diary 145 Coy - joined 19/9/1916;Other Notes: BAILEY, Second Lieutenant, GEORGE, 145th Coy. Machine Gun Corps (Inf). 6th April 1917. Age 22. Son of George Thomas and Kate Annie Bailey, of The Beeches, Aultone Way, Sutton, Surrey. Born at Leyton, London. E. 90. Villers-Faucon Communal Cemetery - Somme, France.;
Related National Archives files: WO339/4086:;
END OF RECORD.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Vickers MG Collection & Research Association
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Graham Sacker
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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1 digital record
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- Finding Aids page on VMGCRA Website: https://vickersmg.blog/about/research/mgcdatabase/. Additional material may be available for VMGCRA Patreon subscribers at: https://www.patreon.com/vickersmg/posts?filters%5Btag%5D=skr20356 . Ensure you are logged in to check. Subscribe from £3 per month.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/98193062-f99f-4081-85a3-5860673ef3ba/
Series information
SKR/DAT/IP
Machine Gun Corps Database
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Within the fonds: SKR.2025.11
Machine Gun Corps Database Collection
Within the series: SKR/DAT/IP
Machine Gun Corps Database
Within the file: SKR/DAT/IP
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