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Corporal Joseph Smith Bailey MM

 

 

Corporal Bailey (Bailie) was the youngest of John and Martha Bailey's seven children. He enlisted in the North Irish Horse in March 1914, aged 21 (Service No.932). He went to France with A Squadron on 17 August 1914, serving with them throughout the war as part of the 1st Regiment (from May 1916) and V Corps Cyclist (North Irish Horse) Regiment (from March 1918). Bailey was awarded the Military Medal in 1919 (Supplement to the London Gazette, 11 February 1919).

Image from the Belfast Evening Telegraph kindly provided by Nigel Henderson (see Fitzroy Presbyterian Church: Wartime Service and Sacrifice).