Second Lieutenant Norman David Bayley M.C. 3rd.Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment, Died 20th.October 1915, Aged 19.
Norman David Bayley was Gazetted 2nd.Lieut. from The Royal Military College (L.G. 27-4-1917).
He was Awarded The Military Cross while Attached to the 2nd.Btn.Royal Berks.
London Gazette 9-1-1918
'FOR CONSPICUOUS GALLANTRY AND DEVOTION TO DUTY WHEN IN COMMAND OF A MOPPING UP PLATOON.
WHEN HIS PLATOON WAS HELD UP BY A GERMAN STRONG POINT HE SENT FOR A TANK. HE WENT UP TO MEET IT UNDER SHELL FIRE AND DIRECTED IT BY WALKING IN FRONT TO WITHIN THIRTY YARDS OF THE ENEMY, WHEN HE WAS SHOT THROUGH THE ARM'
Son of Alice Augusta Sells (formerly Bayley), of 82, High St., Portsmouth, and the late Maj. Abel Henry Bayley.
Norman David Bayley was Gazetted 2nd.Lieut. from The Royal Military College (L.G. 27-4-1917).
He was Awarded The Military Cross while Attached to the 2nd.Btn.Royal Berks.
London Gazette 9-1-1918
'FOR CONSPICUOUS GALLANTRY AND DEVOTION TO DUTY WHEN IN COMMAND OF A MOPPING UP PLATOON.
WHEN HIS PLATOON WAS HELD UP BY A GERMAN STRONG POINT HE SENT FOR A TANK. HE WENT UP TO MEET IT UNDER SHELL FIRE AND DIRECTED IT BY WALKING IN FRONT TO WITHIN THIRTY YARDS OF THE ENEMY, WHEN HE WAS SHOT THROUGH THE ARM'
Son of Alice Augusta Sells (formerly Bayley), of 82, High St., Portsmouth, and the late Maj. Abel Henry Bayley.
Second Lieutenant Norman David Bayley M.C. 3rd.Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment, Died 20th.October 1915, Aged 19.
Norman David Bayley was Gazetted 2nd.Lieut. from The Royal Military College (L.G. 27-4-1917).
He was Awarded The Military Cross while Attached to the 2nd.Btn.Royal Berks.
London Gazette 9-1-1918
'FOR CONSPICUOUS GALLANTRY AND DEVOTION TO DUTY WHEN IN COMMAND OF A MOPPING UP PLATOON.
WHEN HIS PLATOON WAS HELD UP BY A GERMAN STRONG POINT HE SENT FOR A TANK. HE WENT UP TO MEET IT UNDER SHELL FIRE AND DIRECTED IT BY WALKING IN FRONT TO WITHIN THIRTY YARDS OF THE ENEMY, WHEN HE WAS SHOT THROUGH THE ARM'
Son of Alice Augusta Sells (formerly Bayley), of 82, High St., Portsmouth, and the late Maj. Abel Henry Bayley.
Norman David Bayley was Gazetted 2nd.Lieut. from The Royal Military College (L.G. 27-4-1917).
He was Awarded The Military Cross while Attached to the 2nd.Btn.Royal Berks.
London Gazette 9-1-1918
'FOR CONSPICUOUS GALLANTRY AND DEVOTION TO DUTY WHEN IN COMMAND OF A MOPPING UP PLATOON.
WHEN HIS PLATOON WAS HELD UP BY A GERMAN STRONG POINT HE SENT FOR A TANK. HE WENT UP TO MEET IT UNDER SHELL FIRE AND DIRECTED IT BY WALKING IN FRONT TO WITHIN THIRTY YARDS OF THE ENEMY, WHEN HE WAS SHOT THROUGH THE ARM'
Son of Alice Augusta Sells (formerly Bayley), of 82, High St., Portsmouth, and the late Maj. Abel Henry Bayley.
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