Bailey Arthur William Pte. 4459051
Personnel Entry
Name Bailey Arthur William
Army number 4459051
Rank Pte.
Decorations
Date of birth 22/5/1918.
Age
Unit Joined The Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date as yet, posted ? 6th Bn DLI. Posted 10th Bn DLI. Served BEF. Taken Prisoner of War (probably 20/5/1940 or shortly thereafter) - notified 9/8/1940. Repatriation date not yet known. Class Z Army Reserve 8/7/1946.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Batman to Lt Graham.
Joined Brigade
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War Stalags 344 and 21D - Lambinowice, Poland. Prisoner number 3729.
Died/Killed in action May 1997 - registered in Darlington aged 79.
Home address Research indicates a marriage to Gladys E Trigeolous in Darlington in Q1 1946.
Source table 10DLI
Some of the further information concerning Pte Bailey was kindly supplied by relatives of Lt Graham in personal electronic correspondence, which is gratefully acknowledged.
