BAILEY Robert Neale Menteth

  • First Name(s):
    Robert 
    Neale 
    Menteth 
  • Surname:
    BAILEY
  • Service Number:
    Unknown
  • Rank:

    Lieutenant

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Cavalry
  • Regiment:
    East Yorkshire Yeomanry
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    1st December 1917
  • Age At Death:
    35
  • Cause of Death:
    Died of wounds
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt, Grave O. 44.
  • Place of Birth:
    Coates, Cirencester
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of the late Henry and Christina Bailey

Remember The Fallen - Lest We Forget

BAILEY Robert Neale Menteth Is Named On These Memorials

Wickhamford St John the Baptist Church
Wickhamford St John the Baptist Church Bailey Memorial
Wickhamford Village Hall

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Wickhamford St John the Baptist Church with the additional information: Lieutenant, E. Yorks. Yeo.

Further Information About BAILEY Robert Neale Menteth

Appears in the Worcester/Worcestershire Roll of Honour Book for army casualties located in Worcester Cathedral.

Robert Neale Menteth Bailey was born in 1882. He attended Eton School where he appears on the 1901 census, later he attended Magdalene College, Oxford. He was employed as a clerk at the House of Commons when he enlisted. He saw active service from the outbreak of the war, receiving head wounds on 14th November 1917 during the capture of Jerusalem. He subsequently died of his wounds in Cairo on 1st December 1917. His inclusion on the village memorial is due to his sister, Mrs Helen Lees-Milne of Wickhamford Manor, being his next of kin.

Source for additional information researched by Tom Locke:
http://www.badseysociety.uk/world-war-one/war-memorials-wickhamford

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