Herbert Bailey (c.1897?-1917)

Huddersfield and District Roll of Honour

This page is part of an ongoing project to commemorate and research the lives of those who appear on war memorials and rolls of honour in the local area, or who served in the military.

Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922

The following extract is from Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922 (2014) by J. Margaret Stansfield:

BAILEY, HERBERT. Private. No 352242. Training Reserve, transferred to 160th Company Labour Corps. Born Fewston near Harrogate. Educated at Thorpe Board School, Idle, Bradford. Worked as a spinner. Husband of Florence Edith Bailey, 184 Blackmoorfoot Road, Crosland Moor, Huddersfield. Enlisted 22.6.1916. Killed in action near Cambrai, 22.12.17. Buried RIBECOURT ROAD CEMETERY. Grave location:- Plot 1, Row D, Grave 2.

ROH:- St. Barnabas Church, Crosland Moor.

Brother of Private LEONARD BAILEY, killed in action, 27.1.1918.

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

• Private BAILEY
• regiment: Training Reserve transferred to Labour Corps
• died: Saturday, December 22, 1917
• record ID: 595784

Links

• Commonwealth War Graves Commission
• Imperial War Museums: Lives of the First World War
• St. Barnabas Church Roll of Honour — see PDF #2

rank: Private

Labour Corps

service number: 352242