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VC537 Edward Kinder Bradbury
BORN 16 August 1881
DIED 1 September 1914 AGE 33
VC Won 1 September 1914 AGE 33
Place VC Won Nery, France
War/Campaign First World War 1914
Name Edward Kinder Bradbury No. POSTHUMOUS
VC Issue No. 537 Awards VC
Regiment Royal Horse Artillery, 'L' Battery
Later
Now Royal Regiment of Artillery
Rank VC Won Captain
Rank End Of Career Captain
Place Of Birth Bowdon, Cheshire, England
Place Of Death Nery, Oise, France
Buried/Location Ashes Nery Communal Cemetery, 6 miles north east of Senlis, Oise, France
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone (CWGC) Plot/Grave no.
Gazetted 25 November 1914
VC Presented 29 November 1916, King George V, Buckingham Palace, London, England
Memorials
P Headstone, Nery Communal Cemetery, 6 miles north east of Senlis, Oise, France
P Named on memorial at Royal Artillery Chapel, Woolwich, London
P Named on Altrinham war memorial, Altrinham, Cheshire
P Named on memorial, Sandhurst Memorial Chapel, Camberley, Surrey
P Named on war memorial, Marlborough College, Wiltshire
P Named on Victoria Cross memorial, Marlborough College, Wiltshire
P Named on L Battery Memorial at Nery Communal Cemetery, 6 miles north east of Senlis, Oise, France
Named on war memorial, St Margerets Church, Altrincham, Cheshire
Named on war memorial, St Georges Church, Altrincham, Cheshire
Blue Plaque, Church Bank, Bowden, Nr Altrincham, Cheshire
Victoria Cross Commemorative Paving Stone, The Italian Garden, Trafford Town Hall, Stretford, Gtr Manchester
By The Way…
During his VC action, he had both legs severed by a shell, but still continued to give orders until taken away from his gun
VC Held By
Imperial War Museum, Lambeth Road, Kennington, London, England
Thank you to Terry Rogers, honorary archivist at Marlborough
Thank you to Tony Goddard for some of the photos
