Arthur Bailey
View Arthur on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission websiteService number:
166598
Rank:
Gunner
Service:
Royal Field Artillery
Origin:
Date of birth:
01 January 1891
Date of death:
03 December 1918
Age at Death:
27
Known information
Gunner Arthur Bailey was born in Ketton on 1 January 1891, the son of Ann Coleman. He enlisted on 12 August 1916, in the Royal Field Artillery, and on 2 September 1917, was sent to Mesopotamia, modern day Iraq. He served with 337th Brigade on an ammunition column. On 3 December he died from wounds received in action. He is buried at Baghdad North Gate Cemetery, grave XIII.C.3, and is remembered on the war memorial in Ketton.
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Rutland and The Battle of the Somme
More than 90 Rutland soldiers died in the Battle of the Somme which lasted from 1 July 1916 until the middle of November. Today they lie in cemeteries across the old battlefield in northern France or are remembered among the 72,000 names on the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme. By using our interactive map, you can find out what happened to them.
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