BORN BEVERLEY 1896. ONLY SON OF DR. JOHN ELFORD BAILEY (1865-1923) & KATE ELEANOR BODLEY, AT NORTH BAR, BEVERLEY, EAST RIDING (HDM ADDRESS -27/09/1917). EDUCATED IN SURREY. JOINED THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. WOUNDED IN JULY 1916. TRANSFERRED TO THE ROYAL FLYING CORPS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 20/09/1917, AGED 21. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 26TH SEPTEMBER 1917.
First name:
JOHN BODLEY
Regiment:
Rank:
2nd Lieutenant
Date Died
20/09/1917
Place died:
Mendinghem Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
21
NORTH BAR, BEVERLEY, EAST RIDING, United Kingdom
Place Buried
