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Guardsman CHARLES EDWARD BAILEY

Service Number: 2617514
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Grenadier Guards

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 09 July 1942

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MERE CEMETERY

Grave 2279.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Charles and Florence Bailey; husband of Rose Irene Bailey, of Birmingham.
  • Personal Inscription MY DEAR HUSBAND CHARLES SACRIFICED HIS LIFE WHILST DOING HIS DUTY. LOVING WIFE, SONS & FAMILY
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Buried or commemorated at

MERE CEMETERY
Wiltshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 11
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