23105 Private John Bradbury of the 3rd Battalion, Grenadier Guards:

 

He was killed in action on the 14 September 1916, aged 19 years, and he is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.

 

John Bradbury was born at Hyde in 1897 and he is the son of Fred Bradbury and Elizabeth Sidebotham who were married at St Anne’s Church, Haughton, Denton, in 1896. In 1911 he was resident with his parents and siblings on Hyde Road, Denton, employed as an assistant in the hat forming department of a hat manufacturer. Later his parents were resident on Mill Lane, Hyde.

Peter Whitehead