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BAILEY, Alphonzo Miles
1894 - 1918 (24 years) Has 17 ancestors and one descendant in this family tree.
1866 - 1931 (64 years)-
Name BAILEY, Alphonzo Miles Birth 1894 Hucknall Torkard, Nottinghamshire 
Gender Male Death 20 Jan 1918 Active Service In World War 1 Person ID I7101 Edgoose Last Modified 24 Feb 2026
Father BAILEY, Alfred Benjamin, b. 9 Nov 1853, Bishopgate, London, England d. 19 Feb 1931, Hucknall, Nottinghamshire, England (Age 77 years) Mother BUCK, Ann, b. 13 Jun 1866, Basford, Nottinghamshire, England d. 19 Feb 1931, Hucknall, Nottinghamshire, England (Age 64 years) Marriage 29 Apr 1893 Hucknall Torkard, Nottinghamshire Family ID F2599 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family VICKERS, Ethel, b. 26 Apr 1897, Bulwell, Nottinghamshire, England d. 3 Jun 1976, Palmerston North, New Zealand (Age 79 years) Children 1. VICKERS, Arthur Bailey, b. 10 Apr 1917, Mansfield Registration District, Nottinghamshire d. 5 Jul 1958, Fitzrovia, London, England (Age 41 years)Family ID F2601 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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Notes - BAILEY, Alphonzo Miles (1894-1918)
Alphonzo Miles BAILEY was born at Hucknall Torkard, Nottinghamshire, in 1894. He was born at Hucknall, Nottinghamshire on 13 February 1894.
(GRO March Q Basford 7b 248)
(Ancestral File sumitted by jbettridge2105278)
The 1901 census of 41 Derbyshire Lane, Hucknall, Nottinghamshire:
Alfred BAILEY, head, married, aged 46, colliery banksman (?), born in London;
Ann BAILEY, wife, married, aged 35, Shetland [illegible] [illegible], born at Basford;
*Alphonso BAILEY, son, aged 7, born at Hucknall;
Effie BAILEY, daughter, aged 4, born at Hucknall.
(RG13/3157/134/3)
The 1911 census of 65 West Terrace, Hucknall, Nottinghamshire:
Alfred BAILEY, head, married, aged 57, colliery surface labourer, born at Finsbury, London;
Ann BAILEY, wife, aged 45, married 17 years, 2 children (living), born at Basford;
*Alphonzo [sic] BAILEY, son, aged 17, single, boot repairer, born at Hucknall Torkard;
Effie BAILEY, daughter, aged 14, single, hosiery hand, born at Hucknall Torkard.
(RG14/20442)
Alfred [sic] Miles BAILEY, a 24 year old ordinary seaman serving on HMS Raglan, service number J/56489 Royal Navy, was killed on 20 January 1918. He was described as the son of Alfred Benjamin and Ann BAILEY of 65 West Terrace, Hucknall, Nottinghamshire.
(Commonweath War Graves Commission)
NOTES & QUERIES:
HMS Raglan did NOT take part in the Battle of Jutland. She was a member of the Detached Squadron of the Aegean Squadron when she was attacked and sunk off Imbros on 20 January 1918 with the loss of 127 lives by the Turkish battlecruiser Yavuz Sultan Selim, the light cruiser Midili, and four destroyers.
(Wiki)
Alphonso was a very gifted young man. He educated himself far beyond the normal scope of education....(next bit obscured by advertising popup!)
society as a repairer of shoes and did so well that he decided to establish himself in his own business in a neighbouring town known as Mansfield Woodhouse suburb of Mansfield Nottinghamshire.During the course of the First World War Alf was conscripted and served in the British Navy with the rank of Able Seaman. He wrote several accounts of the various places he was stationed mainly in Malta in the Med.. sea finally he was assigned to HMS Raglan,which was one of the ships lost in the Battle of Jutland 20th January.
In the days of WW1 there was no radio so news of the battles and casualties had to come via the newspapers. It chanced he was a visitor of the reading room of the Public Library where he read the newspapers thoroughly.He read in the newspaper the account of the Battle of Jutland and the fact that his son's ship was involved and had been sunk.
Alfred was a man who felt things very deeply but didn't talk much. He realised what a terrible blow this news would be to his wife so he decided there was no use in troubling her mind until the official notification came through. He said nothing to anyone what he had read, meanwhile the letters from Alf written prior to the battle kept arriving in the mail. It took several months for the actual notification of Alf's loss to be received in the mail.
Alf was never accounted for but listed as Missing in Action. His death was a great sorrow to his Mother who lived in hope that perhaps he had lost his memory. He was a very friendly person with a lot of friends.
When their daughter Effie Hannah wanted to marry a Morman the Parents were against it, but after their son died they consented to the marriage.....
I think this was written by one of Effie's decendants as it sounds word of mouth family stories about their Uncle.The dates for the marriage dont match either! I think they grudgingly consented and became reconciled after Alphoso's death
(revised 09.02.2026)
- BAILEY, Alphonzo Miles (1894-1918)