Private 49490 James Bradbury
Regiment/Unit: King's (Liverpool Regiment) - 20th Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Previous Reg/Num: 1979, Lancashire Hussars Yeomanry.
Age at death: 23
Date of death: 9th of June 1917
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Hop Store Cemetery - Plot I. Row A. Grave 55.
Family details:
Son of William and Mary Jane Bradbury, of St. Helens, Lancs. Stepmother Ellen is legatee.
Census details:
1891 - 10 days old James is living at 2 William Street, St Helens with parents William (36), Mary J (36) and four siblings: William (13), Alice (7), Thomas (4), Joseph (2). [b](Is this the same James??)[/b] Not the same James Bradbury. The one on the census died in infancy and was buried 1 Feb 1892 St Helens Cemetery. Section 12 grave number 396 1901 - 7 years old James is living at 128 Hanover Street, St Helens with father William (46), stepmother Ellen (48), five siblings: Henry (21), John (19), Alice (17), Thomas (14), Joseph (11). Also at the address are Ellen's two children Mark Cruise (22) and Thomas Cruise (11). 1911 - Sees 17 years old 'Glass Works Clerk' James living at 128 Hanover Street, St Helens with widowed stepmother Ellen Bradbury (58), stepbrother Thomas Cruise (21) and four siblings: William Bradbury (33), Alice Bradbury (27), Thomas Bradbury (24), Joseph Bradbury (21).
Notes:
[url=lmem.php?lmem=27]Remembered On St Lukes Church WW1 Memorial, Knowsley Road.[/url]
[url=lmem.php?lmem=27]Remembered On St Lukes Church WW1 Memorial, Knowsley Road.[/url]
[pic]imgs/WW1_misc/49490JamesBradbury.jpg[/pic][caption]Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929[/caption]
[pic]imgs/S1PWHYAOTV/James_Bradbury_Kings_zps5669068e.jpg[/pic][caption]The headstone of Private James Bradbury at Hop Store Cemetery
(Photograph courtesy of Frederik Sohier)[/caption]
