Cyril Baily

Baily was born in Glastonbury in Somerset on 17 July 1880, the son of Henry Shore Baily of The Elms in Glastonbury.[1] He played club cricket as a batsman for Glastonbury Cricket Club, where he topped the club's batting averages in 1901.[2] He made a single first-class appearance for Somerset, during the 1902 season, against Surrey. Playing as a tailender, he picked up four runs in both innings in which he batted, finishing not out in the second innings. He took two catches in the match and did not bowl.[3] Baily continued to play for Glastonbury until at least 1913.[4]

Baily joined the 3rd Volunteer Battalion of the Somerset Light Infantry as a second-lieutenant in 1900,[5] and the following year was promoted to lieutenant.[6] He was promoted again in 1904, to captain,[7] and by 1905 he commanded "C" (Glastonbury) company of the battalion.[8] He married Dora Glass in Clifton in March 1905, at which time he helped run the family business, working as a book-keeper for Messrs A Baily and Co, at the Beckery Leather Factory in Glastonbury.[1][9] Later in 1905, he resigned his command of "C" company in the Somerset Light Infantry,[10] and two month later he resigned his commission.[11] Baily died on 21 September 1924, aged 44, in Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset.[12] He was survived by his mother, a brother (Horace Baily) and a sister (Mrs G. Ford Tilley).[13]