Pvt
James Bradley
Military Details
Service Number: 66192
Regiment & Unit / Ship
19th Northumberland Fusiliers
Enlisted
July 1917
Awards and Medals
The Victory Medal
The British War Medal, 1914-18
Enlistment Details
Date of Enlistment
July 1917
Place of Enlistment
Workington
Residence at Enlistment
1 Mill Street, Cleator
Rank at Enlistment
Pvt
Battalion at Enlistment
4th
Service History
Formerly 3/47288, 74th T. Res Private Bradley (66192) enlisted in the 4th Manchester Regiment in July 1917, and later transferred to the 9th Northumberland Fusiliers (School records). He proceeded to France in April 1918, and was killed from shrapnel from a German shell while working in a trench on 11th April 1918 aged 18
Personal Details
Date of Birth
3rd June 1899
Place of Birth
Brackaville, Tullyniskane, Tyrone, Ireland
Religion
R.C.
Address
1 Mill Street, Cleator
Residence (Census)
1 Mill Street, Cleator
Residence (Roll of Honour)
1 Mill Street, Cleator
Parents
John and Teresa Bradley
Siblings
Thomas ,John , Emma, Ernest , Vincent
Education and Occupation
School
St. Patrick Elementary Cleator Moor,Whitehaven County Grammar School
Occupation
Student
Death and Memorial
Date of Death
11th April 1918
Age at Death
18
Circumstances of Death
Killed in Action
Place of Death
Somme
Theater of Action
France
Regiment at Death
Northumberland Fusiliers
Battalion/Vessel at Death
19th
Rank at Death
Pvt
Notes
Whitehaven GS Roll of Honour names. Parents William (a Flax Sorter) and Nancy Bradley of 1 Mill Street Cleator
Buried or Commemorated at
France
Grave Position: F. 29.
Private Memorial: WW 1 memorial St Marys RC Church Cleator , Whitehaven County Grammar School WW1 Roll of Honour , Men Of Cleator And Trumpet Terrace (WMR 3946), Cleator, Cumbria
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