Frederick Henry Bradley
Driver, 69th Battery, Royal Field Artillery
- Register No.
- 117 (Alf's numbering, from The Register of the Victoria Cross, 1997)
- Rank
- Driver all Drivers →
- Unit
- 69th Battery, Royal Field Artillery all Royal Field Artillery VCs →
- Date of action
- 26 September 1901 on this day → all of 1901 →
- Conflict / campaign
- Second Boer War
- London Gazette
- 27th December 1901 on this day → all of 1901 →
- Born
- 27th September 1876 at Kingsland , London
- Died
- 10th March 1943 at Gwelo, Southern Rhodesia
- Memorial / grave
- not known
Digest of citation
On 26th September, 1901 at Itala, South Africa, there was a call for volunteers to carry ammunition up the hill. To do this, a space, of about 150 yards swept by a heavy crossfire, had to be crossed. A Driver and a Gunner came forward and started, but half way across the driver fell wounded. Driver Bradley and the Gunner, without hesitation, ran out, and while the injured man was carried to cover, Driver Bradley, with her another volunteer, succeeded in getting the ammunition up the hill
From Alf Askin's research notes
Reproduced as Alf wrote it, c. 2000–2005. Spelling and abbreviations are his own.
BRADLEY, Frederick Henry. (reg No. 117)
Driver 69th Battery, Royal Field Artillery.
London Gazetted on 27th December 1901.
Born on 27th September 1876 at Kingsland , London.
Died on 10th March 1943 at Gwelo, Southern Rhodesia.
Memorial not known.
Digest of Citation reads: On 26th September, 1901 at Itala, South Africa, there was a call for volunteers to carry ammunition up the hill. To do this, a space, of about 150 yards swept by a heavy crossfire, had to be crossed. A Driver and a Gunner came forward and started, but half way across the driver fell wounded. Driver Bradley and the Gunner, without hesitation, ran out, and while the injured man was carried to cover, Driver Bradley, with her another volunteer, succeeded in getting the ammunition up the hill.
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