BRADLEY, Verdun Gregson
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Rank:
Marine
Unit / Base:
46RM Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Number:
EX/849
Born:
Lancaster, Lancashire
Born:
Thursday, May 1, 1919
Died :
Sunday, April 29, 1945
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
25
Cemetery/Memorial:
Vernon Gregson Bradley was employed as an Art Silk and Cotton Weaver and resided at 189 Keighley Road, Cowling, Yorkshire, prior to enlisting. Marine Bradley, 46RM Commando, died in Germany during operations at the crossing of the River Elbe. He was originally buried at Lauenburg before being re-interred on 23 May 1947 at Hamburg Cemetery. Son of Willie Bradley, and of Mary Bradley, of Cowling, Yorkshire.
Sources
The 1939 Register covering Cowling.
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/128.
The Story of 46 Commando Royal Marines by Capt Johnson RM.
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