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Spr. Ben Bradshaw
British Army 182nd Tunnelling Company Royal Engineers
from:Bullwell, Nottingham
Ben Bradshaw served with the 182nd Tunnelling Company, Royal Engineers and was at Messines, Vimy Ridge et al.
He was bayoneted, had shrapnel wounds and trench foot in WWI and in 1923 was still 70% disabled following his war injuries.
However, he went back to work down the Nottingham coal fields as a heavy hewer and helped train the Bevin Boys as coal miners in WWII.