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Gnr. Bernard Dudley Bailey

British Army 23rd Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery

from:Hythe, Kent

(d.20th July 1917)

Bernard Bailey was a postman in the town of Hythe, Kent when the War started. He entered military service in April 1916. He had been serving in the R.G.A with the British Expeditionary Force for some months before being called to fight for King and Country.

July 1917, Bernard was a Medical Orderly in the battery and was affected by gas in attending to two men who were wounded by a gas shell. He was admitted to hospital, 37th Casualty Clearing Station in France. On the 20th July Germans bombed the hospital, killing Bernard Bailey, Sister Elise Margaret Kemp and 5 others.

Bernard left behind his wife and 2 year old son, he is buried in Godewaersvelde British Cemetery, Nord, France. I am so proud to call this man my Great Granddad.



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