Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Second Lieutenant C. C. Bailey
British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut C. C. Bailey.) good very fine

Pair: Private E. Davies, Leicestershire Regiment, who was killed in action on the Somme on 14 July 1916
British War and Victory Medals (13318 Pte. E. Davies. Leic. R.) nearly extremely fine (4) £60-£80

Two officers with the name C.C. Bailey were awarded British War and Victory Medals with the rank Second Lieutenant:
Charles Cecil Bailey attested for Leicestershire Yeomanry, and served with them as a Sergeant during the Great War on the Western Front from 2 November 1914 (also entitled to a 1914 Star). He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 2nd Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment, on 10 July 1915, and was wounded in action on the first day of the Battle of Loos, 25 September 1915. He relinquished his commission on account of ill-health caused by his wounds on 23 April 1917, and was granted the honorary rank of Second Lieutenant. He later received the Territorial Efficiency Medal per Army Order 491 of 1921.

Colin Campbell Bailey attested for the Army Service Corps and served with them during the Great War in Egypt from February 1916. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Egyptian Labour Corps on 31 January 1918, and later transferred to the Labour Corps, being subsequently promoted Lieutenant following the cessation of hostilities.

Edwin Davies was born in Denbigh and attested for the Leicestershire Regiment at Chesterfield. He served with the 7th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 29 July 1915, and was killed in action on the Somme on 14 July 1916. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.

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