219389 Pte. Arthur Edward Bradley British Army 9th Battalion Dorset Regiment from:Broadlayings, Woolton Hill, Newbury, Berkshire (d.8th Oct 1918) Arthur Edward Bradley was my uncle, the eldest son of Frank and Ellen Bradley. He was born on 11th September 1891, one of seven siblings. He worked as a domestic gardener prior to the war. He served in the 9th Battalion of the Dorsetshire Regiment and during the war must have had some leave because on 16th September 1916 he married Florence Sims in Kintbury. When the war ended my grandmother had certain possessions belonging to Arthur returned to her. His wife, Florence went into Newbury to meet every troop train but of course he was never on any of them. I gather it was many weeks after the war that the family had confirmation that he had been killed on 8th October 1918. He is buried in Bellicourt british Cemetery in France and his name is on two War Memorials, one at St. Thomas' Church, Woolton Hill and the other at St. Mary's Church, Kintbury. He has always been very much remembered, and in fact still is, by past and present members of the Bradley Family.
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