WORLD WAR I
Bingham War Memorial
Service Record
| 94344 | Sapper William Alwyn Bradwell | 34th Divisional Signal Co., RE | born 1892 |
| Medal card | Awarded British and Victory Medals. No service/pension records exist on Ancestry |
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| Roll of Honour AVL |
RoH: served on the Western Front AVL Address: Church Cottage, Church Street; 34th Divisional Signal Co., Royal Engineers |
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| Wartime Memories Project (web site discontinued) |
We have no service dates for William. He may have been involved
in some or all of the following. 34th Divisional Signals Company, The Royal Engineers served with 34th Division. The Division was formed as part of Kitchener's Fifth New Army and was mainly comprised of locally raised Pals Battalions. After initial training near home, they concentrated at Ripon in Yorkshire in mid-1915. In late August they moved to Salisbury Plain to begin final training. They proceeded to France in January 1916 and concentrated at La Crosse, east of St Omer. They were in action during the Battles of the Somme, including the capture of Scots and Sausage Redoubts, The Battles of Bazentin Ridge and Pozieres Ridge. 103rd Brigade and the Divisional Pioneers also saw action in The Battle of Flers-Courcelette. In 1917 they fought in the The First and Second Battles of the Scarpe and the The Battle of Arleux during the Arras Offensive. In August they were involved in the fighting at Hargicourt and in October they took part in The Third Battles of Ypres at the Broenbeek. In 1918 they were in action in The Battle of St Quentin and then moved to Flanders seeing action in The Battle of Estaires, The Battle of Bailleul and The First Battle for Kemmel Ridge during the Battles of the Lys, suffering heavy losses. The 34th Division was then withdrawn from fighting and on the 21st of April they moved to the area west of Poperinge for reorganisation and was engaged in digging a new defensive line between Abeele and Watou. On the 13th of May the infantry units moved to the area around Lumbres and reduced to a cadre which was then employed in the training of newly arrived American troops. By the 1st of July 1918 34th Division had been reconstituted and returned to action, at The Battles of the Soissonais, the Ourcq and the capture of Baigneux Ridge. They took part in the Final Advance in Flanders and at the Armistice was at rest in the area east of Courtrai. 34th Division was selected to join the Army of Occupation and began to move towards Germany on the 14th of November. On the 22nd of December a large number men with industrial and mining skills were demobilised. By the end of January 1919 the Division was occupying the Cologne bridgehead. |
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Family history etc
| Sapper William Alwyn Bradwell | |||
| 1892 FREEBMD | Born Bingham APR-JUN qtr. | ||
| Census 1901 | Living at 16 Oakley Street, Thorpe, West Riding, Yorks
with: Mother: Elizabeth A, b.1865 Sheffield At the home of: Uncle: James W Blackburn, aged 31 Aunt Maria: b.1869 (mother’s sister) Cousin: Florence, b.1898. |
Railway Goods guard |
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| Census 1911 | Living in Church St Bingham with: Father: William Bradwell, b.1866 in Cropwell Butler Mother: Elizabeth Ann And Visito: Edith Moxon, b.1885 Worksop |
Postal Clerk Postman |
William Alwyn’s father, William, served in South Africa 1901-192, The RAF and The Royal Defence Corps. |
| 1913 | There is an entry in the London Gazette of 2/9/13 seemingly about awards in the Civil Service including a reference of 19/8/13 to Post Office sorting clerks & telephonists: to William Alwyn Bradwell (Daventry). | ||
| AVL 1918 | Church Cottage, Church St. | ||
| 1918 | Mar qtr 1918, married Frances H Clarke at Shardlow Children: John b.1915 Shardlow (?) Charles E, b.1918 Shardlow George A, b. 1919 Shardlow Sheila D, b.1921 Basford Frances N, b.1923 Basford |
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| 1939 Register | 23 Broadgate Avenue, Beeston William A Bradwell, b. 5 Mar 1892, married Frances Helen Bradwell, b. 15 May 1892, married William Bradwell, b. 3 Jun 1865, married Two closed records |
Post Office sorting clerk/Telegraph Unpaid domestic duties Retired Postman |
Note: William (snr) appeared twice in 1939 registers! |
| 1954 | London Gazette Supplement of 2/2/1954, listed award of Imperial Service Medal to William Alwyn Bradwell, Postal and Telegraph Officer, Beeston Sub-office, Nottingham | The Imperial Service Medal is a medal affiliated with the Imperial Service Order. The medal was established under the statutes of the Imperial Service Order, on 8 August 1902, by King Edward VII. It is presented to selected civil servants who complete 25 years’ service upon their retirement. (Wikipedia) | |
| 1954 | William and Frances of Beeston emigrated to Canada 20/1/54 on the Mauretania. They died in Canada and are buried at Lakefield, Ontario. | ||