Harold Weldon Bailey

Mr. and Mrs. George Bailey of Sunny Brae received first received news that their son, Lance-Corporal Harold Weldon Bailey, had been reported missing, and then killed in action in June of 1944. Lance Corporal Bailey is reported to have died June 7, 1944 at the age of 21. 

While contemporary reports suggested only that he was killed in action, it now appears he was one of the more than 100 Canadian soldiers captured and murdered in cold blood by the 12th SS Panzer Division Hitler Jugend. Bailey was among a large group of soldiers from mostly the North Nova Scotia Regiment and Sherbrooke Fusiliers who were victims of one of the worst atrocities Canadian servicemen have ever suffered. Prior to entering the army Bailey was a student of Moncton High School, a member of the St. George’s Scout troop and active in baseball and hockey in Moncton and Sunny Brae. He entered the militia in 1939 and was a sergeant instructor in Fredericton for three years. He went overseas with the Carleton and York Regiment in 1943. Bailey later transferred to the North Nova Scotia Highlanders. 

Besides his parents, he was survived by three sisters, Pat and Shirley at home and Audrey, who was with the C.W.A.C in Barriefield, Ont. Lance-Corporal Bailey is buried in Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery.