Difference between revisions of "Bailes Thomas Sergeant 4445792"
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|Rank=Sergeant | |Rank=Sergeant | ||
|Date of birth=1905/06. | |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, | + | |Age=34 at the time of his death. |
| + | |Unit=Attested on 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, Territorial Army, for 4 years. Posted to ? 12th Bn DLI - possibly 1/9/1939. Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/40, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish. Served with the BEF in France. KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40 at Ficheux, Authority R. Casualty. | ||
|Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939. | |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. | + | |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 Name=Bailes_T_4445792.JPG | ||
|Image Title=Sgt T Bailes' CWGC headstone. | |Image Title=Sgt T Bailes' CWGC headstone. | ||
|Source table=1TS | |Source table=1TS | ||
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Latest revision as of 10:26, 29 March 2020
Personnel Entry
Name Bailes Thomas
Army number 4445792
Rank Sergeant
Decorations None known other than Service Awards.
Date of birth 1905/06.
Age 34 at the time of his death.
Unit Attested on 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, Territorial Army, for 4 years. Posted to ? 12th Bn DLI - possibly 1/9/1939. Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/40, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish. Served with the BEF in France. KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40 at Ficheux, Authority R. Casualty.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade Probably 1/9/1939.
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action Killed in action 20-May-40.
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.
Source table 1TS
