In Memory Of

BAILEY, EDWARD ROY

Service Details
Age:
 19
Date of Birth:
 1924-11-04
Rank:
 Sub-Lieutenant
Unit:
 H.M.S. Isis.
Regiment:
 Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Date of Death:
 1944-07-20
Cause of Death:
 Mined and sunk off Normandy, France
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Panel 93, Column 1.
Cemetery:
 PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
Localitly:
 Devon
Country:
 United Kingdom
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.