Rifleman 304108 Walter Bradley

Rifleman Walter Bradley

Regiment/Unit: London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade) - 1st/5th Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Previous Reg/Num: 3045, 7Th Middlesex Regt.

Age at death: 20
Date of death: 6th of September 1916 (Wednesday)
Born: Rainford, Lancs
Resided: Rainford, Lancs(?)
Burial / Memorial: Thiepval Memorial - Pier and Face 9 D.

Family details:
Resided at Church Road Rainford.

Census details:
1901 - 5 years old Walter is living at Church Road, Rainford with parents Robert T (40), Mary (39) and four siblings: Joseph (11), Lydia (9), [cas=2696]John Bradley[/cas] (7), Ann (6 Mths). 1911 - Sees 15 years old schoolboy Walter living at 74 Church Road, Rainford with parents Robert Thomas (50), Mary (49) and five siblings: Joseph (21), Lydia (19), [cas=2696]John Bradley[/cas] (17), Anne (10), Mary (8), Also at the address is niece to Robert T - Gertrude Gladys Newsham (Under 3 mths).

Notes:
[note=161]Two Bradley Brothers who died in The Great War[/note] [url=lmem.php?lmem=40]Remembered on Rainford (All Saints) Parish Church Memorial[/url] [url=lmem.php?lmem=17]Walter Is also remembered on the Rainford CofE School Memorial[/url] Age taken from census.

[pic]imgs/WW1_misc/Bradley_Walter_RFs.jpg[/pic][caption]The Ormskirk Advertiser - Courtesy Richard Houghton[/caption] [pic]imgs/WW1_misc/CookThomasAndBradleyWalter.jpg[/pic][caption]The St Helens Reporter - Courtesy Ste M[/caption] [pic]imgs/WW1_memorials/WBradley_RifleBrig.jpg[/pic][caption]The inscription for Rifleman Walter Bradley on the Thiepval Memorial (Photograph courtesy of Ste M.)[/caption]