Private George Andrew Bailey

Army Number: 1911

Battalion: 1/6th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at lived at Stoney Middleton, Derbyshire. Son of Peter and Olive Bailey, of Stoney Middleton. He was a shoemaker prior to enlisting on 1st May 1913 at Stoney Middleton. He went to France on 25th February 1915 and was killed in action, on 12th March 1916, whilst serving in the trenches near Mont St. Eloi, France.

Buried Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez, France. Plot 15. Row K. Grave 6.

Private George Andrew Bailey is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
St. Martin’s Church War Memorial, Stoney Middleton, Derbyshire.