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Surname: BAILEY
Forename(s): George Alfred
Place of Birth: Skipton, Yorkshire
Service No: 5362
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 6th (Reserve) Battalion
Division: ---
Age: 38
Date of Death: 1916-11-10
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Pink Section. Non-Consecrated. Grave 113.
CWGC Cemetery: MORECAMBE CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: BARNOLDSWICK, YORKSHIRE
Local War Memorial: SKIPTON, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
George Alfred Bailey was the son of James and Ann Bailey, née Hird. James was born at Bradley near Skipton and Ann at Skipton, Yorkshire.
1881 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 33, Westmorland Street - George A. Bailey, aged 2 years, born Skipton, son of James and Ann Bailey.
1891 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 25, Westmorland Street - George A. Bailey, aged 11 years, born Skipton, son of James and Ann Bailey.
1901 Morecambe, Lancashire Census: 29, Oxford Street - George A. Bailey, aged 22 years, born Skipton, Yorkshire. [George and his widowed mother were living with his sister, Mary Alice and brother-in-law, Arthur Woolridge.]
1911 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 98, Keighley Road - George Alfred Bailey, aged 32 years, born Skipton. [George was living with his sister - Martha Jane Bailey.]
The British Army Service Record for George Alfred Bailey exists but may be incomplete.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte George Alfred Bailey, 5362, 6th Res. Bn W. Riding. Date and Place of Death: 10.11.16 England. Found drowned. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Brother - William B. £3 18s. 9d. Sister - Mary A. Woolridge. £0 18s. 10d. Sister - Martha J. Sharpe. £0 18s. 10d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) for George not found.
A short biography of George is included in: ‘Barnoldswick – A small Town’s part in conflicts 1800 to 2014’ by Peter Ian Thompson (2014).
Data Source: Local War Memorial
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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
BAILEY, George, A., late of Skipton and Barnoldswick, aged 38, died at Clipstone Camp Nov. 10, 1916.
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Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
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17 November 1916
BAILEY - November 10th, at Clipstone Camp, Private George A. Bailey, age 38 years, late of Skipton and Barnoldswick. Interred at Morecambe on the 14th. Deeply regretted.
17 November 1916
BARNOLDSWICK - DROWNED AT CLIPSTONE CAMP
A private in the Duke of Wellington's Regiment, George Alfred Bailey, single, aged 38, a native of Barnoldswick, was missing from Clipstone Camp on Monday week, and on Friday last his dead body was found in the stream known as the Flood Dykes, which irrigates meadow land on the Duke of Portland's Notts. estate.
It appeared from the evidence that Bailey had been in very indifferent health for some time, having twice been in hospital with rupture. Of late he had been very despondent, and when last seen was sitting with his head in his hands. The body was found 100 yards away from the road in seven feet water.
Several letters of an affectionate character from the dead man's sisters, who reside at Morecambe, were in his pocket, but nothing was found on him bearing on his death.
A Juror: Is there anything in the correspondence referring to any unfair treatment at the camp?
Police Sergeant Tomlinson: There is nothing in them to show he has complained about anything.
The Juror: I only raise this matter as there have been questions put in Parliament about the treatment of soldiers at this camp, and it is the duty of a jury to find whether there is anything the matter.
The Coroner: I quite agree it is the duty of a jury to find out as far as possible whether the soldiers are properly treated and to see whether there is any real ground for complaint.
Quartermaster-Sergeant I. Walker produced the man's record, showing that he had twice been to hospital, and had been frequently excused duty owing to ill-health. He had seven days' leave on October 16th, and went to Morecambe. On October 25th he again reported sick, and was excused duty for the week.
The Coroner advised the jury that there was no evidence to justify them in saying the man committed suicide.
The jury returned an open verdict; and added an assurance that they did not consider Bailey had been ill-treated. In view of the statements made concerning the camp, they thought their opinion should go to the public.
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17 November 1916
BAILEY - On the 10th November at Clipstone Camp, Private George A. Bailey, aged 38 years, late of Skipton and Barnoldswick. Interred at Morecambe on the 14th. Deeply regretted.
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