Name
Benjamin Thomas Bradford
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
27/04/1918
19
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
290398
Bedfordshire Regiment
1st Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
MERVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Plot I, Row F, Grave 21.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Watford Borough Roll of Honour, St James' Church Memorial, Watford Fields
Pre War
Son of Henry James and Frances/Fanny Maria (nee VENABLES) BRADFORD.
His parents married 22 August 1897 at St John’s, Walham Green, Middx. Henry died 1940 in Watford aged 63, and was buried 12 November in Vicarage Road Cemetery, Watford; Fanny died 1944 in Watford aged 67, and was buried 23 October, also in Vicarage Road Cemetery.
Benjamin was born 1898 in Fulham, London, and baptised 7 August 1898 at St John’s, Chelsea, London. He resided in Watford.
On the 1901 Census, aged 2 he lived in Fulham, with his parents and no siblings. On the 1911 Census, at school aged 12, he still lived in Fulham, with his parents and four siblings.
Wartime Service
He enlisted in Watford; was entitled to the Victory and British War medals, and was killed in action during a German attack near Merville.
Additional Information
Unfortunately, Benjamin’s Service Record appears to be one that did not survive the World War Two bombing.
Acknowledgments
Sue Carter (Research) and Watford Museum (ROH on line via www.ourwatfordhistory.org.uk)
