George A W Bailey
L/Cpl 10735 George Bailey
George Bailey worked at Binfield Park, Berkshire, and was the son of Charles and Ellen Bailey who lived in Addlestone, Surrey. When the Great War came, following Lord Kitchener's call to arms, George walked in to the recruiting office in Reading, Berkshire, and enlisted as Lance Corporal 10735 in A company of the 5th Battalion of Princess Charlotte of Wales, Royal Berkshire Regiment.
George was sent to fight in France and Flanders on the 30th May 1915 and whilst there he sustained wounds which resulted in his death, on 24th October 1915, at one of the hospitals in Le Treport, France. George was 22 years old when he died. He is buried in Le Treport Military Cemetery which is approximately 30 kilometres north of Dieppe.
During the war Le Treport was an important hospital centre with number 3 general hospital being established there in November 1914 and soon after, number 16 general hospital was opened there in February 1915.