Private 25188 George BRADFORD

Private 25188 George Bradford{gallery}Pte G Bradford{/gallery}1st Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment
Killed in action in the Battle of Ancre Heights, Somme, France and Flanders, 30th March 1918, aged 28

• Buried: Cologne Southern Cemetery. Pte Bradford’s burial place suggests he was a POW but no POW record found
  
• Awarded British War and Victory Medals
• Son of Emanuel and Sarah Ann Bradford of Orton on the Hill, Atherstone
• NNWFHS Memorial: Orton on the Hill
  

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Private Bradford
• NNWFHS Orton on the Hill War Memorial Page
• Cologne Southern Cemetery
• Leicestershire Regiment

Military, Census and Family History Information

• Born c1891 at Orton on the Hill
  
• Lived at Main Street, Orton on the Hill, Atherstone [1891, 1901 and 1911]
  
• Employed “working at home” – mother was a shopkeeper [1911]
  
• Enlisted at Coalville