This name is at St Mark's War Memorial, Kennington Oval, London SE11
(Ernest Richard James Bailey)
Service no R/4281
Rifleman, King's Royal Rifle Corps, 13th Battalion
Died of wounds age 19 on 9 April 1917
Son of Robert and Elizabeth M. Bailey, of 33 Durham Street, Vauxhall, London. Native of Surrey.
Remembered at Faubourg d'Amiens Cemetery, Arras, France
Ernest Bailey, a plumber’s mate, was probably underage when he enlisted on 12 September 1914. His service record describes him as 5 feet 6¾ inches tall, with a chest of 38 inches, weighing nearly nine stone. He was brown haired and blue-eyed, with a fresh complexion. There was a birthmark on his left shoulder
There are several misdemeanours on Bailey’s record, all were committed in 1914 and 1915 when he was 16 or 17, and all before he left England. He was absent for two days for two days in October 1914; absent from tattoo for six days in November 1914; he left the ranks without permission and hesitating to obey an order in May 1915. Bailey went to France on 30 July 1915 and he died of wounds received in action on 9 April 1917, having served a total of two years and 214 days.
Ernest Bailey was the son of Robert and Elizabeth M. Bailey, of 33 Durham Street, Vauxhall.