Soldier Record
Alfred Bradshaw
Contributed by: Simon Guy, on 2008-11-06
| Rank | |
|---|---|
| First Name | Alfred |
| Surname | Bradshaw |
| Year of Birth | 1896 |
| Year of Death | 1917 |
| Regiment | Royal Lincolnshire Regiment |
| Place of Wartime Residence | Lincoln, Lincolnshire |
Alfred's Story
Alfred Bradshaw (my Great Uncle, brother of my Grandad on my Mothers side) He died on 4 Oct 1917 and is buried in the Tyne Cot Cemetery. 'Tyne Cot' or 'Tyne Cottage' was the name given by the Northumberland Fusiliers to a barn which stood near the level crossing on the Passchendaele-Broodseinde road. The barn, which had become the centre of five or six German blockhouses, or pill-boxes, was captured by the 3rd Australian Division on 4 October 1917, in the advance on Passchendaele.
1/Lincs were part of 62 Infantry Brigade, 21st Division. On 4 Oct 1917, the first day of the Battle of Broodseinde, the division was in Polygon Wood.
The War Diary is in the National Archives at Kew in file WO95/2154.
From the Lincolnshire War and Victory medal rolls that 20465 Alfred Bradshaw was originally with the 8th Lincolnshire's before he was transferred to the 1st lincolnshire's.
No additional memories have been submitted