Three: Stoker Petty Officer A. Bailey, Royal Navy, who was killed in action whilst serving in H.M.S. Flirt on 26 October 1916

1914-15 Star (307228. A. Bailey. S.P.O. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (307228. A. Bailey. S.P.O. R.N.); Memorial Plaque (Alfred Bailey) good very fine (4) £120-£160

Alfred Bailey was born in Warsash, Hampshire, on 8 May 1886 and enlisted in the Royal Navy on 22 August 1904. Advanced Stoker Petty Officer on 1 December 1913, he served during the Great War in H.M.S. Flirt, and was killed in action when Flirt was sunk during a German naval raid on the Dover Barrage, on 26 October 1916. He is commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial.