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2nd Lt. James Barker Bradford
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
from:Folkestone, Kent
(d.14th May 1917)
James Bradford was born in 1890. He was commissioned into the 18th Battalion Durham Light Infantry (the Durham Pals) as a Second Lieutenant, serving with C Coy and gained the Military Cross for his bravery near Gommecourt, France in March 1917. James was severely wounded on 10 May 1917 near Arras and died of his wounds four days later aged 27 years of age. He is buried on Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun. He was the husband of Annie and son of the late George Bradford and his wife of Ravenlea Road, Folkstone, Kent. His wife requested the inscription Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori. Her address is given as Towns Country Club, 73 Mortimer, St London. Find out more