2nd Lieutenant Donald William BAILEY was the son of William Thomas and Mary Lizzie Annie BAILEY of Wickfield Lodge, Cleeve Hill, later of Old Mill House, Lower Alstone, Cheltenham. He was a prominent member of Cotswold Hills Golf Club, of which his father was Captain. Originally commissioned into the 1st Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, he was attached to the 12th Battalion at the time of his death during the battle of Broodseinde. The Glosters were in support of the 1st East Sussex Regiment and in moving forward at 6.40 a.m. to occupy trenches recently vacated, received very severe shelling. at 10.00 a.m. C Company was ordered forward to support the 1st Devonshire Regiment and again a large number of casualties were sustained, 5 officers and 150 other ranks being killed or wounded. Donald BAILEY is buried in Tyne Cot Cemetery, Passchendaele, Plot XLIV, Row C, Grave 4.
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