Name
John Bradford
1879
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
19/09/1916
38
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
27522
Bedfordshire Regiment
8th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
GROVE TOWN CEMETERY, MEAULTE
I. F. 20.
France
Headstone Inscription
HIS MEMORY SHALL LIVE IN ALL OUR HEARTS FOR EVER.
UK & Other Memorials
Bishop's Stortford Town Memorial
Pre War
John Bradford was born in 1879 in Bishop's Stortford to William and Eliza Bradford.
On the 1881 Census they were living at Castle Street, Bishop's Stortford. By the 1911 Census John was boarding at 24 East Street, Saffron Walden and working as a labourer at the sewerage works.
Wartime Service
He enlisted at Bedford into the 8th Bn Bedfordshire Regiment. He died at a casualty clearing station from wounds possibly received in the Battle of Flers-Courcelette a few days earlier.
Additional Information
His father William received a war gratuity of £3 and pay owing of £2 9s 9d.
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
