Mr Edwin A. Bailey (Materials 1948)

Provided by Timothy Bailey

Edwin Anthony Bailey (known as Ted to family and friends) was born in 1918 in Plumstead, London. He enlisted into the army in November 1939 and was commissioned in the Royal Artillery in October 1940. He was wounded in Africa in 1941, and after a long recovery, he was left with a right leg that refused to bend at the knee, leaving him with his characteristic walk. For the remainder of the war he was stationed in the UK and rose to Captain.

At the end of the war he studied Metallurgy at Imperial College, London gaining first class honours. He started working for Imperial Smelting (later part of Rio Tinto Zinc) in Avonmouth, Bristol in 1948.
He was married to Sybil in 1949. Ted's career with RTZ caused five house moves, encompassing Luton, Liverpool, Chester and finally to Rudgeway (near Bristol) in 1970. He ended his career as Company Secretary for Imperial Smelting Processes but was retained as a consultant to the firm for a further five years.

Following retirement he was active in a number of organisations. He was Honorary Treasurer and Honorary Secretary to the Benevolent Fund for the Institute of Metals and Materials in London and he was a founding member and committee member for the Severn Vale Probus Club.

He died on 27 November 2006, and leaves his wife, Sybil, and two children, Alison and Tim.