2734117 Richard George BAILEY, 3 Welsh Guards

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  1. AB64

    AB64 Senior Member

    HI,
    Looking for any information on CSM Bailey, as a CSM I'm hoping he may get a mention in the War Diary and as he has no known grave he may be mentioned in the missing men file (I'm hoping someone has them but if not I'll look to order them).

    Thanks

    Alistair
     
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  2. Tricky Dicky

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    UK, Army Roll of Honour, 1939-1945
    Name: Richard Bailey
    Given Initials: R G
    Rank: Warrant Officer Class II
    Death Date: 23 Apr 1943
    Number: 2734117
    Birth Place: Surrey
    Residence: London (not otherwise specified)
    Regiment at Enlistment: Welsh Guards
    Branch at Enlistment: Foot Guards
    Theatre of War: North Africa
    Regiment at Death: Welsh Guards
    Branch at Death: Foot Guards

    Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
    Name: Wo II Richard George Bailey
    Death Date: 23 Apr 1943
    Cemetery: Medjez-El-Bab Memorial
    Burial or Cremation Place: Medjez el Bab, Béja, Tunisia
    Has Bio?: N
    URL: https://www.findagrave.com/mem...

    TD
     
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  3. Tricky Dicky

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  4. AB64

    AB64 Senior Member

    First thing I did was drop Diane a message, she has had a look a look in the Regimental history which has the below

    "Other troops attacked in the centre and early on the 22nd of April captured the hills east of the Bou Arada-Goubellat road. The 6th Armoured Division then went through in an effort to force a passage between the mountain which lie to the east of Gocubellat Plain. The Armoured Brigade made good progress along the shore of the salt lake which lies to the north-west of Pont du Fahs, but were brought to a halt by tanks and artillery strongly placed in the rocky hills. Meanwhile the 1st Guards Brigade was deployed, but only the Coldstream Guards were seriously engaged. The Welsh Guards held positions in which they were bombed repeatedly and shelled from time to time, but they were not involved in fighting. The battle had become mainly an armoured contest and, when some ground had been gained and the enemy's armour severely crippled, General Alexander decided to break off the fight and to concentrate all his available force on a final and decisive attempt to take Tunis from the direction of Medjez el Bab. So the 1st Guards Brigade moved northwards again to the Medjerda valley with the rest of the 6th Armoured Division."

    So a start but more detail would be good

    Alistair
     
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  5. AB64

    AB64 Senior Member

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    2734117 Richard George Bailey, CSM, 3rd Welsh Guards killed 23/4/43 Casualty
     
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    Casualty
    Warrant Officer Class II (C.S.M.) BAILEY, RICHARD GEORGE
    Service Number 2734117
    Died 23/04/1943
    Aged 26
    3rd Bn. Welsh Guards
    Son of Richard Lester Bailey and Ellen Bailey; husband of Mary Adeline Bailey, of Skewen, Glamorgan.
    Commemorated at MEDJEZ-EL-BAB MEMORIAL
    Location: Tunisia
    Number of casualties: 1956
    Cemetery/memorial reference: Face 14.
     

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