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Lance Corporal G L BAILEY

Service Number: 2522
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 17 August 1916

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PERONNE ROAD CEMETERY, MARICOURT

III. B. 5.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George Thomas and Eleanor Jane Bailey, of Jessica Cottage, Rosemary Drive, Pitsea, Essex. Born at Poplar, London.
  • Personal Inscription DO THY DUTY THAT IS BEST LEAVE UNTO THY GOD THE REST
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Buried or commemorated at

PERONNE ROAD CEMETERY, MARICOURT
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1348
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