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{{Personnel
|id=988
|Surname and forenames=Bailes Thomas
|Army number=4445792
|Rank=Sergeant
|Age=34
|Unit=DLI 7/1/27 R 7/5, dis 6/1/39, 9 DLI 14/3/39 T 4yr, 1 TS 1/2/40
|Died/Killed in action=20/5/1940 00:00:00
|Home address=Stepson of Lucy Bailes, Husband of Florence Bailes, Shieldfield.
|Source table=1TS
}}

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 |Rank=Sergeant
 |Date of birth=1905/06.
-|Age=34
+|Decorations=None known other than Service Awards.
-|Unit=Attested 7/1/27 as a Regular Soldier for 7/5 years in The Durham Light Infantry.  Discharged 6/1/39.  Re-enlisted in the 9th Durham Light Infantry on 14/3/39, T, for 4 years.  Posted to ? 12th Bn DLI.  Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/40, posted 1 TS.  Served BEF.  KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40, Authority R. Casualty.
+|Age=34 at the time of his death.
 |Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
-|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40.
+|Died/Killed in action=Killed in action 20-May-40.
-|Home address=Miner.  Stepson of Lucy Bailes, husband of Florence Bailes, Shieldfield.  Buried Sp. Mem. Plot 8. Row C. Grave 14.  [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]], Ficheux.
+|Home address=Lived at 9, Byron Street, Shieldfield, Newcastle upon Tyne.  Worked as a Coal Miner.  Stepson of Lucy Bailes, husband of Florence Bailes, Shieldfield.  Had five children.  Initially interred close to where he fell.  Buried later in the Special Memorial Plot No. 8, Row C, Grave 14.  [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]], Ficheux.
 |Image Name=Bailes_T_4445792.JPG
 |Image Title=Sgt T Bailes' CWGC headstone.
 |Source table=1TS
 }}

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 |Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
 |Died/Killed in action=20-May-40.
-|Home address=Miner.  Stepson of Lucy Bailes, husband of Florence Bailes, Shieldfield.  Buried Sp. Mem. Plot 8. Row C. Grave 14.  Bucquoy Road War Cemetery, Ficheux.
+|Home address=Miner.  Stepson of Lucy Bailes, husband of Florence Bailes, Shieldfield.  Buried Sp. Mem. Plot 8. Row C. Grave 14.  [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]], Ficheux.
 |Image Name=Bailes_T_4445792.JPG
 |Image Title=Sgt T Bailes' CWGC headstone.
 |Source table=1TS
 }}

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 |Army number=4445792
 |Rank=Sergeant
 |Age=34
-|Unit=Att'd 7/1/27 Miner R 7/5 Durham Light Infantry, Dis 6/1/39, R/E 9th Durham Light Infantry 14/3/39 T 4yr, Trf Black Watch 1/2/40, Posted 1 TS, KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40, Authority R. Casualty.
+|Unit=Attested 7/1/27 as a Regular Soldier for 7/5 years in The Durham Light Infantry.  Discharged 6/1/39.  Re-enlisted in the 9th Durham Light Infantry on 14/3/39, T, for 4 years.  Posted to ? 12th Bn DLI.  Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/40, posted 1 TS.  Served BEF.  KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40, Authority R. Casualty.
-|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40
+|Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
-|Home address=Stepson of Lucy Bailes, Husband of Florence Bailes, Shieldfield.  Buried Sp. Mem. Plot 8. Row C. Grave 14.  Bucquoy Road War Cemetery, Ficheux.
+|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40.
 |Source table=1TS
 }}