Sidney Bailey

Sir Sidney Bailey
Born 27 August 1882
Died 27 March 1942 (1942-03-28) (aged 59)
Allegiance United Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Navy
Years of service 1896–1939
Rank Admiral
Commands held Battlecruiser Squadron
Royal Naval College, Greenwich
Battles/wars Boxer Rebellion
World War I
Awards Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Companion of the Order of the Bath
Distinguished Service Order

Admiral Sir Sidney Robert Bailey KBE, CB, DSO (27 August 1882 – 27 March 1942) was a Royal Navy officer who became President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich.

Naval career

Bailey joined the Royal Navy as a cadet in the training ship HMS Britannia in 1896.[1] He took part in the Seymour Expedition for the relief of Peking in 1900 during the Boxer Rebellion and then served in World War I on the staff of the Commander-in-Chief, Grand Fleet seeing action at the Battle of Jutland in May 1916.[1] He became naval attaché in Washington, D.C. in 1921, Naval Assistant to the First Sea Lord in 1925 and Chief of Staff of the Mediterranean Fleet in 1931.[2] He went on to be Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff in 1933, Commander of the Battlecruiser Squadron in 1934 and President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich in 1937 before retiring in 1939.[2]

References

Military offices
Preceded by
Sir William James
Commander, Battlecruiser Squadron
1934–1936
Succeeded by
Sir Geoffrey Blake
Preceded by
Sir Ragnar Colvin
President, Royal Naval College, Greenwich
1937–1938
Succeeded by
Sir Charles Kennedy-Purvis
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