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Malcolm Bailey

In memory of:

Boatswain Malcolm Bailey

April 30, 1941

Military Service

Age:

26

Force:

Merchant Navy

Unit:

Canadian Merchant Navy

Division:

S.S. Nerissa (Hamilton, Bermuda) (147369)

Additional Information

Son of Edmund Bailey and Victoria Laite, de Britannia, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland.

The logbook of U-552 indicates that one of the three torpedoes hit the stern of the Nerissa at 0027 hours on May 1, 1941 and sunk southeast of Rockall, position 55°57'N/10°08'W. There were 91 survivors disembarked in Londonderry, Northern Ireland by HMS Kingcup (K33) of the Royal Navy after being rescued by HMS Veteran (D72).

Commemorated on Page 90 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

HALIFAX MEMORIAL
Nova Scotia, Canada

Grave Reference:

Panel 19.

Location:

The HALIFAX MEMORIAL in Nova Scotia's capital, erected in Point Pleasant Park, is one of the few tangible reminders of the men who died at sea. Twenty-four ships were lost by the Royal Canadian Navy in the Second World War and nearly 2,000 members of the RCN lost their lives. This Memorial was erected by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and was unveiled in November 1967 with naval ceremony by H.P. MacKeen, Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia, in the presence of R. Teillet, then Minister of Veterans Affairs. The monument is a great granite Cross of Sacrifice over 12 metres high, clearly visible to all ships approaching Halifax. The cross is mounted on a large podium bearing 23 bronze panels upon which are inscribed the names of over 3,000 Canadian men and women who were buried at sea. The dedicatory inscription, in French and English, reads as follows:

1914-1939
1918-1945
IN THE HONOUR OF
THE MEN AND WOMEN
OF THE NAVY
ARMY AND MERCHANT NAVY
OF CANADA
WHOSE NAMES
ARE INSCRIBED HERE
THEIR GRAVES ARE UNKNOWN
BUT THEIR MEMORY
SHALL ENDURE.

On June 19, 2003, the Government of Canada designated September 3rd of each year as a day to acknowledge the contribution of Merchant Navy Veterans.

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  • Merchant Navy Monument in St. John's, NL

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    Merchant Navy Monument in St. John's, NL
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  • Grave marker– This marble shaft at the Old United Church cemetery, Britannia (Random Island), NL was erected by the Bailey family in memory of Uriah Malcolm Bailey, who was killed during the Second World War. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [front/devant] IN LOVING MEMORY OF URIAH MALCOLM BAILEY GRANDSON OF DEBORAH STONE BORN DEC. 15TH 1914 WHO LOST HIS LIFE WHEN S.S. NERISSA WAS TORPEDOED OFF THE IRISH COAST BY A GERMAN SUBMARINE APRIL 27TH 1941 BAILEY http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/nic-inm/sm-rm/mdsr-rdr-eng.asp?PID=2096

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    Grave marker
    Grave marker – This marble shaft at the Old United Church cemetery, Britannia (Random Island), NL was erected by the Bailey family in memory of Uriah Malcolm Bailey, who was killed during the Second World War. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [front/devant] IN LOVING MEMORY OF URIAH MALCOLM BAILEY GRANDSON OF DEBORAH STONE BORN DEC. 15TH 1914 WHO LOST HIS LIFE WHEN S.S. NERISSA WAS TORPEDOED OFF THE IRISH COAST BY A GERMAN SUBMARINE APRIL 27TH 1941 BAILEY http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/nic-inm/sm-rm/mdsr-rdr-eng.asp?PID=2096
  • Grave marker– Erected by the W.P.A., this marble shaft memorial at Old United Church cemetery, Britannia (Random Island), NL is dedicated to two local soldiers killed during the Second World War - Harold Lester Pittman and Uriah Malcolm Bailey. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [side/côté] IN LOVING MEMORY OF F-2966 SPR. HAROLD LESTER, KILLED IN ACTION JULY 21ST 1944 AGED 26 YEARS, SON OF AARON AND THE LATE SARAH PITTMAN IN ANSWER TO GREAT BRITAIN'S CALL HIS NOBLE LIFE HE GAVE. HIS BODY LIES IN FLANDERS FIELD IN AN HONOURED GRAVE. ERECTED BY THE W.P.A. [side/côté] IN LOVING MEMORY OF URIAH MALCOLM LOST ON S.S. NERISSA, APRIL 27TH 1941 AGED 27 YEARS, SON OF THE LATE GEORGE AND VICTORIA BAILEY. GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAT THIS. THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS. ST. JOHN 15.13 http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/nic-inm/sm-rm/mdsr-rdr-eng.asp?PID=2095

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    Grave marker
    Grave marker – Erected by the W.P.A., this marble shaft memorial at Old United Church cemetery, Britannia (Random Island), NL is dedicated to two local soldiers killed during the Second World War - Harold Lester Pittman and Uriah Malcolm Bailey. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [side/côté] IN LOVING MEMORY OF F-2966 SPR. HAROLD LESTER, KILLED IN ACTION JULY 21ST 1944 AGED 26 YEARS, SON OF AARON AND THE LATE SARAH PITTMAN IN ANSWER TO GREAT BRITAIN'S CALL HIS NOBLE LIFE HE GAVE. HIS BODY LIES IN FLANDERS FIELD IN AN HONOURED GRAVE. ERECTED BY THE W.P.A. [side/côté] IN LOVING MEMORY OF URIAH MALCOLM LOST ON S.S. NERISSA, APRIL 27TH 1941 AGED 27 YEARS, SON OF THE LATE GEORGE AND VICTORIA BAILEY. GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAT THIS. THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS. ST. JOHN 15.13 http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/nic-inm/sm-rm/mdsr-rdr-eng.asp?PID=2095

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