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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
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---
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Trimmer Bruce BRADLEY

Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Mercantile Marine
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