We remember William Alexander Smith Bayliss

We remember William Alexander Smith Bayliss

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1886
birth Apperley, Gloucestershire United Kingdom Source:7609906 7th November 1886
1917
dates Age 30 Source:7609906 5th July 1917
service British Army Private 1812 Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars Source:253372
service British Army Serjeant 1812 Oxfordshire Yeomanry Source:253372
service British Army Serjeant 28512 Corps of Hussars Source:253372
1917
death Killed in Action Sergeant Bayliss was killed at approx 1.45am on the 5th July 1917 when the Germans tried to enter his trench at Gillemont Farm.(from book about the Oxfordshire Hussars) Flanders France Source:7609906 5th July 1917
burial Templeux-Le-Guerard British Cemetery. France. Somme. CWGC Cemetery/Memorial Somme France Grave Reference. II. F. 6. Source:7609906

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Names
TypeName
First Names William Alexander Smith
Initials WAS
Last Name Bayliss
Source 7609906
First Names William Alexander Smith
Initials WAS
Last Name Bayliss
Source 7609906
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Male
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Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
British Army 1812 Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars Private
British Army 1812 Oxfordshire Yeomanry Serjeant
British Army 28512 Corps of Hussars Serjeant

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