13th (Cyclist) Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment
COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVES COMMISSION (C.W.G.C.)
Thiepval Memorial
Birth Registration for Walter William Bailey
Birth certificate for Walter William Bailey
First November 1874 Tangmere; Walter William Boy; Father James Bailey, Mother Fanny Bailey formerly Bridger; Father Farm Labourer; Registered by Fanny Bailey Mother at Tangmere; Twenty eighth November 1874
1881 Census
Walter Wm. age 6 living at Ore Farm, Boxgrove, with father James 45, Ag. Lab, mother Fanny 35, and older brother George Jas, 11
1891 census, shown as BAYLEY
Walter W age 16, Agricultural labourer, with father James 53 Ag. Lab, Fanny 47, George J 21, Ag. Lab, John 9, Scholar and Ernest 6, all at Ore Farm Cottages
1901 Census, shown as BAYLEY
Still at Ore Farm James, 64, now a Shepherd, Fanny, 57, Walter 25, Bricklayer’s labourer, John, 19, Gardener Domestic, and Ernest, 15, Horseman on farm
By 1901 George James,31, ag. Lab.had married Phillis Leggatt 28, and was living at Crocker Hill, Boxgrove, with son Percy J. 2, and daughter Georgina P. E., 7 months.
Marriage certificate for Walter William Bailey, 27, a labourer, (father James a Shepherd) and Alice Ruff, 23 a domestic servant, (father Thomas, a Carter) at the Parish Church of Felpham
? February 1903
1911 Census
By 1911 Walter was living at 2 Gordon Terrace, Sea Road, Felpham as a General labourer, with wife Alice, daughters Winifred Emily, 7, Lilian Alice 4 and son Reginald Walter, 1. The three children were all born in Felpham.
WW1 Medal Rolls Index card
G/16401 Army Cyclist Corps Royal Sussex Regiment
Index to Thiepval Memorial
BAILEY, Pte. Walter William, G /16401. 13th Bn., Royal Sussex Regt. 3rd Nov.,1916, Age 41. Husband of Alice Bailey, of 2, Gordon Terrace, Sea Rd., Felpham, Bognor
Column 1, 6th entry
Index to Thiepval Memorial
Bailey W.W. row 7, block 2, bottom right-hand corner
Royal British Legion
Every One Remembered – Soldier Profile Walter william Bailey
