Abingdon and the First World War
Those Who Served
Bailie
The Bailie Family
The Bailie Family lived at Caldecott House, a very large family home in South Abingdon. It later became a Children's Home but was finally pulled down to make way for housing.
The collection includes a graphic description of how Tom Bailie died in 1916 and the Roll of Honour shows us that two other family members served with one wounded and one apparently returning uninjured from the fighting.
Thomas Maubourg Douglas Bailie, the eldest son (and probably the young man standing behind his father in the image above), attended Hollis Hill School near Newbury for a few years and is listed on their Roll of Honour Board. The class list is for 1899 which is the last year it seems that Thomas attended.
Thanks to Felix Beardmore-Gray for his research and photos.
Caldecott House is the subject of an article on the Buildings and People website published by the AAAHS.
https://www.abingdon.gov.uk/abingdon_buildings/caldecott-house
Roll of Honour Entries
Name: BAILIE, C W Hugh
Status: Wounded
Address: Caldecott House
Rank: Captain
Battalion, Ship or Squadron: 52nd
Regiment: Light Infantry
Chronology: from August 1914, France
Awards: Mentioned in Despatches
Name: BAILIE, John Sholto
Status: Returned
Address: Caldecott House
Rank: Lieutenant
Battalion, Ship or Squadron: 1st
Regiment: Irish Guards
Chronology: from August 1918
Name: BAILIE, T M Douglas
Status: Died
Address: Caldecott House
Rank: Major
Battalion, Ship or Squadron: 1st
Regiment: Irish Guards
Chronology: from August 1914, France
Awards: Mentioned in Despatches
Cause of Death: Killed
Place at death: At Ginchy Ridge
Date of death: 25 September 1916
Age at Death: 29
Family Details: Son of Maj. Gen. Bailie (52nd Light Infantry) and Amy E. Bailie, of Caldecott House, Abingdon, Berks.
Buried or Commemorated: Buried in CITADEL NEW MILITARY CEMETERY, FRICOURT, Somme, France.
Reference: Plot II Row A Grave 13
Original scans from the WW1 Families Collection
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