Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Lance-Corporal W. Bailey, Royal Fusiliers, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 3 May 1917

1914-15 Star (11619 Pte. W. Bailey. R. Fus:); British War and Victory Medals (GS-11619 Pte. W. Bailey. R. Fus.); Memorial Plaque (William Bailey) in card envelope, good very fine (4) £120-£160

William Bailey was born in Burslam, Staffordshire, in 1884 and attested there for the Royal Fusiliers. He served with the 4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 3 May 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France.