Four: Petty Officer First Class G. Bailey, Royal Navy, who was Mentioned in Despatches whilst interned as a P.O.W. in Holland

1914-15 Star (121035. G. Bailey. P.O.1., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (121035 G. Bailey. P.O.1. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (Geo. Bailey, P.O. 1st. Cl., H.M.S. St. Vincent.) impressed naming, mounted for wear, very fine and better (4) £200-£240

M.I.D. London Gazette 5 October 1918.

George Bailey was born in Pagham, Sussex, on 18 May 1866. He entered the Royal Navy as Boy 2nd Class on 19 September 1882 and was raised Able Seaman aboard Temeraire on 1 May 1885. Advanced Petty Officer 2 Class aboard Champion and Petty Officer 1st Class on 11 October 1894, he transferred to the Royal Fleet Reserve on 4 February 1904 and was discharged medically unfit on 19 January 1909. Bailey later returned to service during the Second World War and is recorded upon his Naval Service Record as a Prisoner of War. Transferred to Holland for internment on 13 June 1918, he was released at the cessation of hostilities and demobilised in February 1919.