Source: Referenced in Lieutenant William Hampton’s service record re. promotion.
Family Search: When Sergeant Benjamin Bayliss Jr. was born on 29 January 1894, in London, England, United Kingdom, his father, Benjamin Bayliss Sr., was 36 and his mother, Eliza Emma Jane Leach, was 29. He married Ada Eliza Carr on 17 February 1918, in Old Ford, London, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He immigrated to Quebec City, Quebec, Canada in 1906 and lived in Kitchener, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada in 1919 and Acton, Halton, Ontario, Canada for about 11 years. He registered for military service in 1914. In 1931, at the age of 37, his occupation is listed as belling dept maker. He died on 21 February 1959, in Ontario, Canada, at the age of 65, and was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Acton, Halton, Ontario, Canada.
Awarded Military Medal and a Mention in Despatches.
MILITARY MEDAL:
For conspicuous bravery and initiative under fire. This N.C.O. at a critical moment when his Platoon Commander had become a casualty, rallied his Platoon under heavy enemy machine gun fire & led them forward, and with great coolness and initiative consolidated his position on main objective. When the Battalion moved forward this N.C.O. held a most important out-post position under heavy shell-fire and by his coolness set a fine example to his men who were badly shaken by the severe bombardment to which they had been subjected.
(A.F.W. 3121. 15-4-17.)
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 