BACK TO WWI NAMESBRADFORD T.
Thomas Bradford
Rifleman S/8686
7th Bn., Rifle Brigade
Thomas Bradford died on Friday 30th July 1915, aged 32, and is commemorated on the YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Thomas Bradford was the husband of Elizabeth Bradford, of 37 Crown Street, Sutton-in-Ashfield.
His youngest daughter May was born 26th June 1915, and baptised at St Mary's Church on 6th September 1915, when her father was recorded as a "Soldier, killed in action".
Notts Free Press - In Memoriam - 9th August 1918
Bradford - In Loving Memory of Rifleman T. Bradford, Crown Street, Sutton, who was killed in Action, in Belgium, July 30th 1915, aged 32 years. He left his home in perfect health, He looked so strong and brave; He little thought how soon he would be laid in a hero's grave. - From his loving Wife and Children, Mother and Father, Brothers and Sisters.
Notts Free Press - Sutton's Roll of Honour - 10th January 1919
Bradford, Private Thomas, Rifle Brigade.
From
‘Soldiers who died in the Great War 1914-19 –
Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own)’
BRADFORD
Thomas. Born Sutton-in-Ashfield, Notts,
enlisted Sutton-in-Ashfield (resides Sutton-in-Ashfield, Notts). 7th Bn.,
Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) Rifleman, S/8686, Killed in Action,
France & Flanders, 30th July 1915.
Research by Heather Faulkes