18519 Acting Bombardier A Bailey, No 10 Mountain Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. The battery was in Ladysmith when war broke out. They fought at Rietfontein on 24 Oct 1899 and on 29 Oct 1899 was sent out as part of the ill-fated column intended to seize Nicholson's Nek when the mules with the ammunition and the screw guns stampeded. Mules with two guns and about 70 men of the battery managed to get back to the camp. They were in Ladysmith throughout the siege. Acting Bombardier Bailey was killed by Boer shellfire in Ladysmith, Natal. He is also commemorated on the Royal Artillery Boer War memorial on the corner of Horse Guards Parade and the Mall, at the north-east corner of St James Park, London, England (see: https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/112037).
18519 Acting Bombardier A Bailey, No 10 Mountain Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. The battery was in Ladysmith when war broke out. They fought at Rietfontein on 24 Oct 1899 and on 29 Oct 1899 was sent out as part of the ill-fated column intended to seize Nicholson's Nek when the mules with the ammunition and the screw guns stampeded. Mules with two guns and about 70 men of the battery managed to get back to the camp. They were in Ladysmith throughout the siege. Acting Bombardier Bailey was killed by Boer shellfire in Ladysmith, Natal. He is also commemorated on the Royal Artillery Boer War memorial on the corner of Horse Guards Parade and the Mall, at the north-east corner of St James Park, London, England (see: https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/112037).
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