Private John Robinson Bailey
17448 6th East Lancashire Regiment, aged 46
Missing in Action 18th April 1916
Lived at 72 Rumley Road
Commemorated on the Basra Memorial, Iraq
Burnley Express 1/12/1917

"My maternal line is Bailey and I have traced a large part of the family to Burnley, Blackrod and surrounding villages. All the men (and most of the women) given the middle name of Robinson. I have found that this originates from when Jane Bailey of Bingley had a child out of wedlock to Roger Robinson (although they did later marry). The middle name was used throughout the family until my grandads birth"

(Courtesy of Nicola Metcalfe)