BAILEY – GERARD CHILTON
| Born: 1862/00/00 Rank: VICAR Regiment: ST JAMES CHURCH – DUNDEE GPS: S28°09.674 E30°14.012 |
Reason for death: ENTERIC Place of death: DUNDEE Date of death: 1900/11/30 Memorial: DUNDEE, ST JAMES CHURCH |
Note:
THE REV. BAILEY WAS BORN IN ENGLAND IN 1862. HE WAS THE VICAR OF ST. JAMES’S CHURCH IN DUNDEE WHEN WAR BROKE OUT IN OCTOBER 1899. REV. BAILEY KEPT A DIARY RECORD OF THE TIME WHEN THE TOWN WAS OCCUPIED BY THE BOERS. HIS JOURNAL “SEVEN MONTHS UNDER BOER RULE” WAS REPUBLISHED IN 2015.
THE REV. BAILEY WAS ANGLICAN VICAR OF THE PARISH OF ST. JAMES FROM 23RD OCTOBER 1899 TO 16TH MAY 1900 DESPITE NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS BY THE BOER AUTHORITIES TO REMOVE HIM TO PRETORIA.
HIS DIARY IS A MINE OF INFORMATION AND PROVIDES PERSONAL DETAILS USUALLY OMITTED IN THE LARGER CANVAS OF MILITARY EVENTS. rEV. BAILEY BECAME ILL WITH ENTERIC FEVER A FEW MONTHS AFTER DUNDEE WAS RE-OCCUPIED BY THE BRITISH FORCES, AND DIED ON 1ST DECEMBER 1900. (THIS DATE DOES NOT CORRESPOND WITH THE DATE OF DEATH RECORDED ON THE HEADSTONE).
(EXTRACTED FROM THE RE-PUBLISHED JOURNAL)