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Son of William and Beatrice Bailey; husband of Esther Bailey, of Toronto, ON.
Digital gallery of Staff Sergeant John Francis Bailey
Digital gallery of
Staff Sergeant John Francis Bailey
Photo donated by The Commonwealth Roll of Honour Project
Digital gallery of
Staff Sergeant John Francis Bailey
This memorial plaque, located in the Old City Hall in Toronto, Ontario, commemorates the deaths, on July 6, 1940, of Staff Sergeant JOHN FRANCIS BAILEY, Squadron Quartermaster Serjeant (WO.II) ROBERT THOMAS KNOX, and Private LESLIE HERBERT SWORD, all of 2 Army Field Workshop, Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps. They were the first Canadian casualties due to enemy action in the United Kingdom in the Second World War.
Digital gallery of
Staff Sergeant John Francis Bailey
Staff Sergeant JOHN FRANCIS BAILEY, Squadron Quartermaster Sergeant (WO.II) ROBERT THOMAS KNOX, and Private LESLIE HERBERT SWORD, all of 2 Army Field Workshop, Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps, who were killed on July 6, 1940, were the first Canadian casualties due to enemy action in the United Kingdom in the Second World War. Their deaths brought the number of deaths in the Canadain Active Service Force Overseas to 29 according to the 8th casualty list of the National Defense Department published in the Globe and Mail on July 9, 1940. The others presumably died in circumstances not related to enemy action in the United Kingdom.
Digital gallery of
Staff Sergeant John Francis Bailey
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Staff Sergeant John Francis Bailey
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Staff Sergeant John Francis Bailey
From the Toronto Star July 1940. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Staff Sergeant John Francis Bailey
From the Toronto Star July 1940. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Staff Sergeant John Francis Bailey
From the Toronto Star July 1940. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Staff Sergeant John Francis Bailey
From the Toronto Star November 10th 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Staff Sergeant John Francis Bailey
From the Toronto Telegram July 1940. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Photo donated by The Commonwealth Roll of Honour Project
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This memorial plaque, located in the Old City Hall in Toronto, Ontario, commemorates the deaths, on July 6, 1940, of Staff Sergeant JOHN FRANCIS BAILEY, Squadron Quartermaster Serjeant (WO.II) ROBERT THOMAS KNOX, and Private LESLIE HERBERT SWORD, all of 2 Army Field Workshop, Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps. They were the first Canadian casualties due to enemy action in the United Kingdom in the Second World War.
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Staff Sergeant JOHN FRANCIS BAILEY, Squadron Quartermaster Sergeant (WO.II) ROBERT THOMAS KNOX, and Private LESLIE HERBERT SWORD, all of 2 Army Field Workshop, Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps, who were killed on July 6, 1940, were the first Canadian casualties due to enemy action in the United Kingdom in the Second World War. Their deaths brought the number of deaths in the Canadain Active Service Force Overseas to 29 according to the 8th casualty list of the National Defense Department published in the Globe and Mail on July 9, 1940. The others presumably died in circumstances not related to enemy action in the United Kingdom.
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Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Star July 1940. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Star July 1940. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Star July 1940. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Star November 10th 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Telegram July 1940. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
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Page 10 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY Surrey, United Kingdom
Brookwood is 30 miles from London (M3 to Bagshot and then A322). The main entrance to Brookwood Military Cemetery is on the A324 from the village of Pirbright. Brookwood Military Cemetery is owned by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and is the largest Commonwealth war cemetery in the United Kingdom, covering approximately 37 acres.
In 1917, an area of land in Brookwood Cemetery (originally The London Necropolis) was set aside for the burial of men and women of the forces of the Commonwealth and Americans, who had died, many of battle wounds, in the London district. This site was further extended to accommodate the Commonwealth casualties of the Second World War, and American, Belgian, Czech, Dutch, French and Polish plots containing the graves of Allied casualties. There are also German and Italian plots where prisoners of war lie buried.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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