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October 8th, 1918. He assembled the troops, and afterwards with a few scouts moved forward with the attack, He cleared the village and, with four men, captured prisoners and machine guns. He reorganised men of the battalion who had lost their companies and then went out and ascertained the enemy's
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For conspicuous gallantry during an advance. Accompanied by one orderly he rushed a machine-gun post which was holding up the advance of the battalion, and captured 1 officer, 23 men, and 2 machine guns. Later in the day he made a reconnaissance under very heavy fire, and brought back information as
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on 23 October 1918. He went forward and found that a company had become disorganised owing to the loss of all its officers, and was hesitating to go forward. He immediately took command, rallied the men, and succeeded in getting them to their objective under heavy
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to the position of the battalion. Two days later, accompanied by his orderly and two other men, he went forward and attacked two enemy machine guns, scattering the crews and killing several. His utter disregard of danger was magnificent.
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For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. When the line had to be reformed under heavy machine-gun fire, this officer moved about, placing the men in the best positions. He then made several journeys to an
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dispositions under very heavy machine-gun and shell fire. Greatly owing to his gallant and determined leadership all objectives were gained.
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in front of the line, bringing back ammunition which was much needed. He also brought back a man who was lying wounded
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345:
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He was awarded a second bar to his
Military Cross for his actions on 8 October 1918:
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Bailey was awarded a bar to his
Military Cross for his actions on 21 August 1918:
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When the
Whistle Blows: The Story of the Footballers' Battalion in the Great War
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in August 1917 and returned to the front. Bailey was serving as a temporary
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Riddoch, Andrew; Kemp, John; Holmes, Richard (20 November 2008).
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and prior to becoming a professional footballer, he worked as a
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in the
Suffolk Regiment in February 1919 and later an acting
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in
February 1916. In June 1916, Bailey was evacuated back to
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in
November 1915 and he was lightly wounded in the face by a
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For conspicuous gallantry and able leadership as
Battalion
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1141:"Star induct 13 new names into Reading FC's Hall of Fame"
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In
December 1914, four months after the outbreak of the
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1697:England men's amateur international footballers
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341:and later served as a company commander in the
297:level and was an all-round sportsman, playing
1652:Companions of the Distinguished Service Order
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759:Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939
8:
313:for Oxfordshire and later coaching cricket.
21:
1194:Reading F.C. – Hall of Fame inductees
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837:
269:(9 February 1890 – 20 July 1974), known as
253:*Club domestic league appearances and goals
1627:Men's association football inside forwards
1184:
1170:
1162:
952:"England Matches – The Amateurs 1906–1939"
113:
20:
1722:People educated at Lord Williams's School
1717:Clapton Orient F.C. wartime guest players
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1077:
1075:
1073:
871:"Bailey Walter George "Joe" Reading 1921"
566:
1355:
1085:"Walter George Bailey | Service Record"
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459:On 3 October 1919, Bailey received the
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1622:British Army personnel of World War I
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1495:
1490:
1315:
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778:
277:who made over 180 appearances in the
7:
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1390:
845:"History | Our World War One heroes"
121:
1737:Military personnel from Oxfordshire
1530:
1280:
1265:
926:"The Story Of Joe "Bubbles" Bailey"
463:for his actions on 23 October 1918:
1632:English cricketers of 1890 to 1918
396:after a hand, which he had cut on
14:
420:for his actions on 28 March 1918:
1657:Recipients of the Military Cross
1612:Southern Football League players
1089:Football and the First World War
527:
1692:English Football League players
1642:Royal Norfolk Regiment officers
1065:Riddoch, Kemp & Holmes 2008
1050:Riddoch, Kemp & Holmes 2008
1008:Riddoch, Kemp & Holmes 2008
376:. The battalion arrived on the
1667:Nottingham Forest F.C. players
1139:Low, Jonathan (8 April 2017).
323:Lord Williams's Grammar School
273:, was an English professional
1:
956:www.englandfootballonline.com
1742:Footballers from Oxfordshire
542:Pre and post-Reading career.
293:, he represented England at
1732:British Home Guard officers
1617:Middlesex Regiment soldiers
461:Distinguished Service Order
1758:
1687:Sittingbourne F.C. players
820:Old Tamensians Association
512:in March 1919. Bailey was
416:, when he was awarded the
1662:Thame United F.C. players
1647:Suffolk Regiment officers
1602:English men's footballers
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1026:"Military Cross & MC"
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682:
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1672:Oxford City F.C. players
1682:AFC Bournemouth players
757:Joyce, Michael (2012).
514:mentioned in dispatches
504:. He was promoted to a
364:, Bailey enlisted as a
1712:Oxfordshire cricketers
1114:www.royalsrecord.co.uk
816:"Walter George Bailey"
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1707:British Army officers
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1677:Reading F.C. players
1637:Berkshire cricketers
900:www.leytonorient.com
469:Intelligence Officer
260:Walter George Bailey
230:International career
35:Walter George Bailey
27:Personal information
875:Vintage Footballers
851:on 17 December 2011
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337:. He also became a
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1727:English Freemasons
1702:English cricketers
932:. 11 November 2018
906:on 7 December 2021
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500:and bring them to
412:, attached to the
390:Calonne-sur-la-Lys
374:Middlesex Regiment
370:Football Battalion
16:English footballer
1607:People from Thame
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930:The Tilehurst End
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614:Nottingham Forest
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520:Career statistics
410:second lieutenant
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406:Norfolk Regiment
350:Second World War
321:Bailey attended
241:England Amateurs
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356:First World War
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283:Football League
279:Southern League
267:MC and two Bars
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739:Hall of Fame
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69:20 July 1974
18:
1597:1974 deaths
1592:1890 births
1571:B. Williams
1566:A. Williams
1386:Ingimarsson
1301:M. Edelston
1296:J. Edelston
1226:Bartholomew
1150:28 November
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961:28 November
880:25 December
855:28 November
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744:References
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46:1890-02-09
22:Joe Bailey
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303:Berkshire
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184:1911–1921
150:1910–1911
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1511:H. Smith
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1351:Haygarth
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1236:Blackman
910:11 March
473:Romeries
386:trenches
281:and the
207:Boscombe
1561:Wheeler
1531:Tranter
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1491:Simonds
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1336:Gooding
1261:Cumming
1256:Coppell
795:14 July
737:Reading
731:Honours
654:1920–21
649:Reading
619:1910–11
582:FA Cup
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576:Season
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1376:Hislop
1366:Hetzke
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1251:Butler
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327:draper
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1556:Watts
1471:Quinn
1451:Neate
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1371:Hicks
1311:Evans
1291:Drake
1286:Doyle
1281:Downs
1276:Dolan
1271:Death
1266:Deane
1216:Bacon
1206:Allen
605:Apps
599:Apps
593:Apps
573:Club
388:near
289:. An
134:–1910
104:Years
59:Thame
1526:Tait
1506:Smee
1381:Holt
1306:Eggo
1152:2017
1126:2017
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982:ISBN
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