08 March 1918
BRADLEY - At Plymouth Naval Hospital, March 1st, Air Mechanic Albert Bradley, R.N.A.S., son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Bradley, Carr Farm, Silsden Moor, Aged 18 years.
08 March 1918
SILSDEN SOLDIER DIES IN HOSPITAL
The death of Air Mechanic Albert Bradley, R.N.A.S., son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Bradley, of Carr Farm, Silsden Moor, took place at the Plymouth Naval Hospital on Friday evening last. Deceased only joined up about a month ago when he went to the Crystal Palace, and later to Plymouth. He underwent an operation for appendicitis from which he succumbed.
He was 18 years of age, and formerly employed by his father on the farm. He was a well-known figure in Silsden, where his untimely death came as a great shock to a wide circle of friends. The body was conveyed from Plymouth to Silsden on Monday, and the funeral took place at the Silsden Parish Church on Tuesday afternoon. The Rev. E. E. Peters officiated, there being a large attendance. As the cortege passed through the street there were many manifestations of regret. The body was borne to its last resting place by a number of deceased's companions. There was a large number of floral tributes.
07 June 1918
SILSDEN - In Memoriam
A service in memory of the Silsden young men who have recently given their lives for their country was held at the Silsden Parish Church on Sunday morning, conducted by the vicar, Rev. E. E. Peters. The hymns 'The Saints on earth', 'O God our help in ages past', and 'God the all-terrible King who ordainest' were sung. Mr. Herbert Cooper presided at the organ. Mr. Peters said in the service in which they had just taken part they had commemorated 69 men who has been killed in action, or died from wounds or from some other cause. He wished to say a few words especially about those young men who had fallen, and were connected with their Church and Sunday Schools.
The first was Sergeant W. Newns, who had been missing for over a year, but whom the authorities had recently announced as killed. He was one of the best young men in every sense of the word. He was a communicant, a Sunday School teacher and a young man who took a great interest in the physical side of life. He was one of the leaders of the training class for physical development. When he joined the Army in the early days of the war, he found that his time had been well spent as he was made an instructor in physical drill and a full Sergeant.
A few weeks ago the Church had lost another of its young men - Signaller Harry Barrett, who, before he joined up, was treasurer of the Church of England's Young Men's Society, and a very devoted member of the branch. Private Ernest Hardcastle was killed in September, after having proved himself a good soldier. He and Sergeant R. Hill were connected with the Sunday School and they did not forget their religion when they went into the Army. Mention was made of Second Lieutenant T.D. Stocks and his connection with the Boy Scout movement; Sergeant Rowland Hill; Private Ormond Clarkson, who was accidentally drowned a few weeks ago in the Persian Gulf; Air Mechanic Albert Bradley, who died in hospital alter being away from home only a few weeks; Sergeant Joe Bancroft who won the Military Medal by his extraordinary gallantry; Private Sydney [P]Lumb who was killed in September, and who had four other brothers serving.
On behalf of the church people of Silsden, the Vicar offered to the relatives and friends of those men their deepest sympathy and their most sincere and heartfelt gratitude for what they had done for them. He expressed the wish that as long as the Church remained, and if at any time a new Church should be built, it would be the custom at least once a year to commemorate all the men who had fallen in the war. He was impressed and touched beyond expression by the courage which the women of the parish had shown in these awful times, and it was an inspiration to the men, for they had shown themselves to be worthy mothers and wives of heroes who had given their all.
"Shall we betray their trust and take their deaths in vain?"
11 March 1921
BRADLEY - In loving memory of a dear son and brother, Air Mechanic Albert Bradley, R.N.A.S., died March 1st, 1918, at Plymouth R.N. Hospital.
Sweet are the memories that never will fade,
Of him we loved but could not save.
From his loving Father and Mother, Brothers and Sister.
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