Name
Herbert Mark Bailey
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
15/08/1917
30
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
904461
Canadian Infantry
10th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
VIMY MEMORIAL
France
Headstone Inscription
NA
UK & Other Memorials
St Andrew's Church Memorial, Watford
Pre War
Son of Thomas and the late Frances Ellen (nee MARTIN) BAILEY.
His parents married 9 September 1883 at St Stephen the Martyr, Hampstead, London. Frances died 1916 in Watford aged 56, and was buried 22 March in Vicarage Road Cemetery, Watford; Thomas died 1940 in Watford aged 76, and was buried 17 October, also in Vicarage Road Cemetery.
Herbert was born 4 June 1887 in Hammersmith, London.
On the 1891 Census, aged 4 he lived in Watford, with his parents and two siblings. On the 1901 Census, a carpenter’s apprentice aged 14, he still lived in Watford, with his parents and one sibling. On the 1911 Census, he is proving elusive.
Wartime Service
He attested 6 March 1916 at Edmonton, Alberta: a car inspector aged 28 of Hardisty, Alberta, 5’4″ tall, C of E, unmarried, his next-of-kin his brother Alfred of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. He was previously reported missing, now for official purposes presumed to have died.
Additional Information
There is a brief article about Herbert in the West Herts and Watford Observer dated 15 September 1917.
Acknowledgments
Sue Carter (Research) and Watford Museum (ROH on line via www.ourwatfordhistory.org.uk)
