Private 20723 Fred BRADSHAW

2nd Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

Killed in action, Saturday 17th July 1915, Belgium, Age 18

Home address:

8 Cross Cliffe, Apethorn, Gee Cross, Hyde, Cheshire

Born:

1897, Glossop, Derbyshire

Parents:

Jane Ann Bradshaw and Henry Bradshaw
8 Cross Cliffe, Apethorn, Gee Cross, Hyde, Cheshire

Marital Status:

Single

Occupation:

Piecer

Enlisted:

Hyde, Cheshire

Remembered:

Voormezeele Enclosure No. 3, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, plot VII, row C, grave 6.

Link to Hyde:

Lived in Hyde

Brother to Private 19712 George Stanley Bradshaw.

A Message of Remembrance, written for Werneth Low Cenotaph Unveiling, 25th June 1921:

In sorrowing remembrance of our two dear brothers,
who gave their lives for king and country,
Pte. Fred Bradshaw (King’s Own Yorks, Light Infantry),
Signalman George Stanley Bradshaw (Manchester Regiment).
A token of love from Lizzie and Bill, Evelyn and Louis.

The message on his CWGC gravestone, put there Mrs Elizabeth A Horsfield, 43 King Georgs Rd, Hyde:

TRUE TILL DEATH