Harry George Bailey

Story:
Harry George Bailey was born in Sixpenny Handley, Dorset, on 20 February 1898, and baptised at the Salisbury Primitive Methodist Chapel, Salisbury, Wiltshire, on 22 March 1898, the son of George Bailey and Constance Bailey (Nee Dimmer). He lived all his life apart from military service in Sixpenny Handley. He had enlisted with the Dorsetshire Regiment as a Private (Service Nos. 0485 & 25753). It is not known in which theatre of war he served but on his discharge was awarded the Victory and British War Medals. He had returned to Sixpenny Handley by the time of the 1921 Census and was employed as a Bus Conductor. He married Ellen Margaret Bowditch at the Fisherton Street Independent Chapel, Salisbury, Wiltshire, on 30 May 1928. By the time of the 1939 Register he was living at 5 Council Houses, Sixpenny Handley, now described as a Bus Driver. He died in Sixpenny Handley on 19 September, 1981. His brother, Herbert James Bailey, also served and survived the conflict.