Bradbury W A Rfn 1069 5th London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade)

Bradbury W A Rfn 1069 5th London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade)

BRADBURY, WILLIAM ARTHUR, Rifleman, No. 1069, 5th (City of London Battn. (London Rifle Brigade) The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest s. of James Arthur Bradbury, of Rosemorran, Kent Gardens, Ealing, W. (late of Strawberry Hill, co. Middlesex); b. Brentford, co. Middlesex, 28 Nov. 1892; educ. King’s College School, Wimbledon, and on leaving there entered his father’s business (Wholesale Provision Merchant); joined the London Rifle Brigade in Sept. 1914, after the outbreak of war; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from June, 1915, and was killed in action near St. Eloi 2 Dec. following. Buried on the battlefield. Captain A. L. Lintott wrote: “I was in command of No. 2 Coy. up to almost the end of Nov., and I had often noticed your two boys. They were both very good and keen on their work and always took the cheerful side of things. W. A. B. will be a sad loss to the company and regiment, and he will be another who has laid down his life for King and Country and Regiment,” and Rifleman W. E. Calow: “I cannot in mere words tell you how I feel the loss of such a comrade. After a year’s continual friendship, working together under all conditions, it seems that I have lost one who was more than a brother.” Unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 2