Lieutenant Geoffrey Grierson Bailey DFC was an English World War I flying ace credited with eight aerial victories.
[1] He was the youngest of the three sons born to Norman Coles Bailey, solicitor, who was a partner in the family's law firm in London.
[4] However, it is known that after training as a scout pilot, Bailey was assigned to 43 Squadron to fly a Sopwith Camel on the Western Front in France.
[5] His combat performance was rewarded by the award of the Distinguished Flying Cross on 2 July 1918,[6] gazetted 3 August 1918.
[8] On 23 September 1919,[9] Geoffrey Bailey, by now nicknamed "Lumpy",[5] ended his military service when he was transferred to the unemployed list of the Royal Air Force.