Bruce BRADLEY

Main CPGW Record

Surname: BRADLEY

Forename(s): Bruce

Place of Birth: Gargrave, Yorkshire

Service No: ---

Rank: Trimmer

Regiment / Corps / Service: Mercantile Marine

Battalion / Unit: H.M.H.S. 'Llandovery Castle' (London)

Division: ---

Age: 37

Date of Death: 1918-06-27

Awards: ---

CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: ---

CWGC Cemetery: ---

CWGC Memorial: TOWER HILL MEMORIAL

Non-CWGC Burial: ---

Local War Memorial: GARGRAVE, YORKSHIRE

Additional Information:

Bruce Bradley was the son of John and Margaret Ann Bradley, née McKell. John was born at Thornton-in-Craven and Margaret at Gargrave, Yorkshire. Bruce was the uncle of Private Arthur Bradley (46502) (q.v.).

1881 Gargrave, Yorkshire Census: South Street - Bruce Bradley, aged 5 months, born Gargrave, son of John and Margaret A. Bradley.

1891 Gargrave, Yorkshire Census: South Street - Bruce Bradley, aged 10 years, born Gargrave, son of Margaret A. Bradley, widow.

1901 Hellifield, Yorkshire Census: 7, Thorndale Street - Bruce Bradley, aged 20 years, born Gargrave, Yorkshire. [Bruce was boarding with with his brother George and sister-in-law Elizabeth Bradley.]

H.M.H.S. 'Llandovery Castle' was torpedoed 116 miles south-west of Fastnet Rock by U-86. After the sinking, U-86 surfaced, ran down lifeboats and machine-gunned the survivors remaining in the water and on the lifeboats. Only 24 people in one remaining lifeboat survived.

A short biography of Bruce is included in: ‘From Mills to Marching and Back Again – A History of Gargrave from 1900 to 1925’ by Sue Lyall and Donavon Slaven with contributions from George Ingle, Ray Jones and Martin Thompson (2019).

Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry

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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---

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