Sergeant 4157 Francis John BAILEY

5th Battalion, Australian Pioneers

Died of wounds at the 5th Casualty Clearing Centre, France and Flanders, 1st June 1918, age 23

Buried Crouy British Cemetery, Somme, France. Grave ref II.E.26

Awarded Military Medal, British War and Victory Medals

Son of Francis and Ann Bailey, Shop, Plough Road, Chapel End

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Sergeant Bailey
• NNWFHS Chapel End War Memorial Page
• NNWFHS Hartshill WM Page
• Crouy British Cemetery
• 5th Battalion, Australian Pioneers

More Information

Born 1887, Stockingford, Nuneaton

1901 Census living at Snow Hill, Hartshill, Atherstone

1901 & 1911 employed as a coal miner

1911 Census living at 77 Bucks Hill, Stockingford, Nuneaton with brother

1915, 14th August, enlisted at West Maitland, New South Wales – for his service record, click this link: https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=3044765

1917, 20th November, Military Medal awarded for bravery in the field