Name
William Henry Thomas Bradding
22/07/1922
Conflict
Second World War
Date of Death / Age
02/01/1943
20
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Able Seaman
P/JX 314652
Royal Navy
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
Kings Lynn Cemetery
Section T. Grave 509
United Kingdom
Headstone Inscription
GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
UK & Other Memorials
St John the Baptist Church Memorial (WW2), Aldbury, Plaque within St John the Baptist Church Aldbury
Pre War
William Henry Thomas BRADDING was born in Aldbury, Hertfordshire, on 22nd July 1922, son of William J. Bradding a Builders Labourer and Henrietta Bradding (nee Dumpleton), The eldest of their four children. His parent were married on 8th October 1921, in Tring, Herts.
1939 Register records William aged 17, working as a Under Gardener Boy, living with his parents, sisters Dorthey Jane (16), Gladys Alma (14) and brother Richard John (10), at 12 Troopers road, Aldbury, Herts.
Wartime Service
William enlisted in the Royal Navy and issued with the service No. P/JX 314652, he served aboard HMS Sambre, he died on 2nd January 1943, aged 20, his death was recorded as accidental drowning. He is buried in Kings Lynn Cemetery, Norfolk. Grave Ref: Section T. Grave 509.
William served as a D.E.M.S Gunner. (Defensive Equipped Merchant Ships).
Acknowledgments
Stuart Osborne
