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VC988 George Nicholson Bradford
Name George Nicholson Bradford No. POSTHUMOUS
VC Issue No. 988 Awards VC
Regiment Royal Navy
Later
Now
Rank VC Won Lieutenant-Commander
Rank End Of Career Lieutenant-Commander
Place Of Birth Millbanke, Darlington,Co. Durham, England
Place Of Death On the Mole at Zeebrugge, Belgium
Buried/Location Ashes Blankenberge Town Cemetery, Scharebrugstraat, 10 miles north-east of Ostend, Belgium
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone (CWGC) Plot/Grave no. Row A, Grave 5
Gazetted 17 March 1919
VC Presented 3 April 1919, King George V, Buckingham Palace, London, England
Memorials
P Headstone, Blankenberge Town Cemetery, Scharebrugstraat, 10 miles north-east of Ostend, Belgium
Memorial Plaque, Holy Trinity Church, Woodland Road, Darlington, Co Durham
Memorial Plaque with Brothers, Memorial Plaque, Holy Trinity Church, Woodland Road, Darlington, Co Durham
Named on War Memorial, Holy Trinity Church, Woodland Road, Darlington, Co Durham
Named on War Memorial, War Memorial Hospital, Hollyhurst Road, Darlington, Co Durham
Memorial Plaque, Queen Elizibeth 6th Form College, Darlington, Co Durham
Roll of Honour, School Chapel, Barnard Castle School, Barnard Castle, Co Durham
By The Way…
One of four brothers to fight in the war, his younger brother 761 Roland Boys Bradford VC having won his Victoria Cross during the Somme offensive.
He won the VC and was killed on his 31st Birthday
VC Held By
Lord Ashcroft Collection / I.W.M.
BORN 23 April 1887
DIED 23 April 1918 AGE 31
VC Won 22-23 April 1918 AGE 31
Place VC Won Zeeburgge, Belgium
War/Campaign First World War 1918
