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Military service
Service number:
77632
Age:
36
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
15th Bn.
Birth:
December 29, 1880
Burnfoot Donegal
Enlistment:
November 5, 1914
Victoria, British Columbia
Death:
April 9, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
IV. D. 3.
Additional information
Son of William and Jane Bradley, of Corr and Dunavally, Moy, Co Tyrone, Ireland. Brother of Miss A. E. Bradley of Calgary, Alberta.
Digital gallery of Private Francis Henry Bradley
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Grave Marker
Grave Marker – The grave marker at the Nine Elms Cemetery located outside Roclincourt, France. It is located about 5 kilometres from Canada's Vimy Memorial. May he rest in peace. (John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Inscription
Inscription (John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Cemetery
Nine Elms Cemetery – The Nine Elms Cemetery, located at Roclincourt, France. It is about 5 kilometres from Canada's Vimy Memorial in France. (John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Brabant to Britton. Mircoform Sequence 13; Volume Number 131829_B016722; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 156 Page 97 of 906. -
Newspaper clipping
CALGARY DAILY HERALD 7 May 1917 -
Newspaper clipping
CALGARY DAILY HERALD 7 May 1917 -
Grave Marker
Photo BGen G. Young 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team DILEAS GU BRATH. -
Cap Badge
Cap Badge 30th Bn (2nd British Columbia Regt). Private Bradley of Calgary was originally a member of the 30th Bn before transfer to the 15th Bn as a reinforcement. Submitted by Capt V Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Cap Badge of the 15th Bn
Cap Badge 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Submitted by Capt V Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Shoulder patch
Shoulder Patch 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Submitted by Capt V Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Vimy Cross
Vimy Cross erected by the 15th Battalion following the 9 April 1917 battle at Vimy Ridge to commemorate those who fell during the engagement. Photo from the archives of the 48th Highlanders Museum, Toronto. Provided by BGen (ret) G Young and submitted by Capt (ret) V Goldman of the 15th Battalion Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Vimy Cross
The Vimy Cross was returned to the 48th Highlanders after the war by the CWGC and currently rests in a place of honour in their Regimental Museum. All the names of those 15th Battalion members killed during battle at Vimy Ridge remain clearly visible on the cross. Photo by BGen (ret) G Young and submitted by Capt (ret) V Goldman of the 15th Battalion Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Record of Service
Record of Service Card (front side). Courtesy 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Record of Service
Record of Service Card (reverse side). Courtesy 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me. From the Annie Boyes collection courtesy of the Simcoe County Archives. http://www.simcoe.ca/dpt/arc -
Cenotaph
The 15th Battalion Vimy cross memorial was erected and dedicated at Ecurie, France close to the site where the original wooden Vimy cross was erected on the battlefield near Nine Elms Cemetery on 10 April 1917. The memorial is a granite replica of that cross and bears the names of fifty-four of the battalion's Fallen that were inscribed on the original - including Pte Bradley Photograph taken in September 2018 at the dedication ceremony and is submitted by the 15th Battalion CEF Memorial Project. Dileas Gu Brath
Digital gallery of
Private Francis Henry Bradley
Digital gallery of
Private Francis Henry Bradley
Digital gallery of
Private Francis Henry Bradley
Digital gallery of
Private Francis Henry Bradley
Digital gallery of
Private Francis Henry Bradley
Digital gallery of
Private Francis Henry Bradley
Digital gallery of
Private Francis Henry Bradley
Digital gallery of
Private Francis Henry Bradley
Digital gallery of
Private Francis Henry Bradley
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 206 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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