BAILEY, LEONARD, Petty Officer, 1st Class, Royal Navy, H.M.S. Invincible. 2nd s. of Thomas Bailey, Labourer, by his wife, Agnes, dau. of J. Goldring b. Pagham, near Bognor, co. Sussex; educ, there joined the Royal Navy 5 Feb. 1899; on the outbreak of war served on H.M.S. Invincible, taking part in the actions at Heligoland 28 Aug. 1914, and the Falkland Islands 8 Dec. following, and was killed in action at the Jutland Battle 31 May, 1916. He m. at Felpham Parish Church, Bognor, 24 Nov. 1906, Lucy Agnes, dau. of Charles Gurr, and had four children: Edwin Thomas, b. 7 Dee. 1908; Leonard Charles, b. 7 April, 1909; Walter, b. 23 June, 1913, and Lucy Ada, b. 30 Sept. 1911.
Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5