Service Details
Name:
 BAILEY
Given Name:
 EDWARD ROY
Initials:
 E R
Rank:
 Sub-Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
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Unit:
 H.M.S. Isis.
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Date of Death:
 1944-07-20
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Date of Birth:
 1924-11-04
Age:
 19
Cause of Death:
 Mined and sunk off Normandy, France
Additional
Information:
He was born on November 4th, 1924, and entered Gaul House in January, 1937. In December, 1940, he passed his Cambridge School Certificate, obtaining eight credits. After sitting his Beit Bursary examination in 1941, he went to Rhodes University College to take up law. He attested in January, 1943, received preliminary training in Rhodesia, and proceeded to the Middle East in November of the same year. On Plumtree School Roll of Honour.
Commemoration
Country:
 United Kingdom
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Locality:
 Devon
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Cemetery:
 PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Panel 93, Column 1.

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