Herbert Bailey
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{short description|Barbadian cricketer}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Herbert Bailey
| image =
| country = Barbados
| full_name = Herbert Packer Bailey
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1889|12|05|df=y}}
| birth_place = St Michael, Barbados
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1917|07|31|1889|12|05|df=y}}
| death_place = Hollebeke, West Flanders, Belgium
| club1 = Barbados
| year1 = 1909–10
| columns = 1
| column1 = First-class
| matches1 = 3
| runs1 = 26
| bat avg1 = 8.66
| 100s/50s1 = –/–
| top score1 = 13
| deliveries1 = 66
| wickets1 = 8
| bowl avg1 = 8.25
| fivefor1 = 1
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = 6/12
| catches/stumpings1 = 1/0
| date = 1 August
| year = 2020
| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/westindies/content/player/51312.html Cricinfo
}}
Herbert Packer Bailey {{Post-nominals|MC|country=UK|size=100%}} (5 December 1889 – 31 July 1917) was a Barbadian first-class cricketer and British Army officer.
Life and military career
Born in St Michael on 5 December 1889, Bailey appeared in three first-class matches for Barbados, all in the Inter-Colonial Tournament.{{Cite book |last=McCrery |first=Nigel |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q3BhCgAAQBAJ |title=Final Wicket: Test and First Class Cricketers Killed in the Great War |publisher=Pen & Sword |year=2015 |isbn=978-1-47382-714-1 |location=Barnsley |pages=446–47 |author-link=Nigel McCrery}}{{Cite web |title=First-Class Matches played by Herbert Bailey |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/23/23250/First-Class_Matches.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=1 August 2020 |publisher=CricketArchive}} In his debut, playing British Guiana at the Kensington Oval on 13 January 1909, Bailey scored 13 runs in his first inning, but did not bat in the second.{{Cite web |title=Barbados v British Guiana in 1908/09 |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/7/7766.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=1 August 2020 |publisher=CricketArchive}} During his next two matches, Bailey scored 8 runs and took 8 wickets for 28 runs as a bowler.{{Cite web |title=First-Class Batting and Fielding in Each Season by Herbert Bailey |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/23/23250/f_Batting_by_Season.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=1 August 2020 |publisher=CricketArchive}}{{Cite web |title=First-Class Bowling in Each Season by Herbert Bailey |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/23/23250/f_Bowling_by_Season.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=1 August 2020 |publisher=CricketArchive}}
During the First World War, Bailey enlisted as a private in the Artists Rifles. He was commissioned as a temporary second lieutenant on probation in the East Surrey Regiment on 5 September 1916, becoming attached to a mortar battery.{{London Gazette| issue = 29774| date = 1916-10-05| page = 9650| supp = y}} Bailey was awarded the Military Cross for bravery in action near St. Eloi on 7 June 1917. The citation read:{{London Gazette| issue = 30251| date = 1917-08-24| page = 8806| supp = y}}
{{Quote|text=For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He displayed the greatest gallantry in handling a Stokes gun, following the first line infantry up to the final objective, where he consolidated later in the day. He showed great judgment, and was instrumental in repelling an enemy counter-attack by the skilful use of his gun.|title=The London Gazette, 24 August 1917}}
Bailey was killed in action several weeks later at Hollebeke on 31 July 1917. His body was not recovered or identified, and he is commemorated on the Menin Gate.{{CWGC|id=926078|name=Herbert Packer Bailey|access-date=1 August 2020}}
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Category:British Army personnel of World War I
Category:Artists' Rifles soldiers
Category:East Surrey Regiment officers
Category:Recipients of the Military Cross