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Military service
Service number:
B/67678
Age:
27
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Regiment of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
March 18, 1915
Parry Sound, Ontario
Enlistment:
June 5, 1940
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
August 19, 1942
Dieppe, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 23. Column 3.
Additional information
Son of Martin and Mary Ann Bailey of Sprucedale, Ontario. Husband of Ella Bailey of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private Percy Bailey
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Newspaper Clipping
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Brookwood Memorial
Photo taken by John S. Brehaut during the Road to Freedom Tour of 2003. -
Newspaper Clipping
Photo from The Toronto Daily Star, Wednesday, August 26, 1942. -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of Percy Bailey
Percy Bailey was born on 18 March 1915 to Martin and Mary Ann Bailey, who were living in the Parry Sound District of Ontario. In the 1921 Census, when Percy was six years old, the family list included the parents and ten children, who were living in Christie Township. On other records they were living in Sprucedale which is in the same general area, between Huntsville and Parry Sound, Ontario. When young Percy was about 15 years old his mother died. Then from 1930 to 1935 records show him working at various jobs, farming, road construction and then in the lumbers camps of Northern Ontario. When he voluntarily enlisted to serve his country on 5 June 1940, his military forms show that he was 25 years old and was married to his wife Ella and they were living in Toronto. His occupation was listed as bushman and truck driver. He also stated that he played the violin and that he liked to play hockey -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star September 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram September 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Private Percy Bailey
Digital gallery of
Private Percy Bailey
Digital gallery of
Private Percy Bailey
Digital gallery of
Private Percy Bailey
Digital gallery of
Private Percy Bailey
Digital gallery of
Private Percy Bailey
Digital gallery of
Private Percy Bailey
Digital gallery of
Private Percy Bailey
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 56 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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