PRIVATE E. J. BRADLEY 5th (CITY OF LONDON) BATTALION, THE LONDON REGIMENT (LONDON RIFLE BRIGADE), T.F.
ERIC JATINGA BRADLEY was the only child of James Bradley, Tea Planter, and of Matilda Louisa his wife.
He entered the School in 1906, and left in 1910, proceeded to Pembroke College, Cambridge, took his degree, with Honours, in 1914, and entered the Inner Temple. On the outbreak of War he enlisted, and, refusing to wait for a Com-mission, crossed over to France with his Battalion in November, 1914. In the early morning of December 5th, 1914, a shell burst on the parapet of his trench, wounding him and four others, and he died the same day in the Clearing Hospital at Bailleul. Age 22.
Source : Memorials Of Rugbeians Who Fell In The Great War Vol 1
BRADLEY, ERIC JATINGA, Private, No. 140, 5th Battn. (London Rifle Brigade) The London Regt., eldest s. of James Bradley, of Grovehill, Suckley, co. Worcester, Tea Planter; b. London, 28 June, 1892; educ. Rottingdean, Rugby and Pembroke College Cambridge (Honours); entered at the Inner Temple, but on the outbreak of war at once enlisted; he proceeded with his battn. to France 4 Nov., and was mortally wounded with four others in the early morning of 5 Dec. by shrapnel, which burst on the parapet of the trench. He died the same day at No. 2 Clearing Hospital, Bailleul, being buried in the cemetery there (No. 149); unm.
Source : De Ruvigngy’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1