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Cromwell's Campaign in Ireland 1649-53

Indian Campaign 1857

Anglo Zulu War 1879

Second Boer War 1899-1902

Great War 1914-18

World War II 1939-45

Cromwell's Campaign in Ireland 1649-53

Storming of Drogheda Castle - Capt. James Bradshaw, Forlorn Hope, Parliamentary Army. In 1657, James Bradshaw married Ann Patterson at Main St., Carrickfergus

Indian Rebellion of 1857

Lieutenant James Hill Bradshaw, 52 Oxford & Light Infantry

Lieutenant James Hill Bradshaw was killed in street fighting at Delhi on 14th September 1857, while gallantly charging a gun manned by mutineers. He was the only Officer of the 52nd Killed in Delhi.

(Ref: Oxfordshire & Light Infantry

Chronicle 1909 Vol. XVIII)

Lieu. James Hill Bradshaw son of James Foster Bradshaw & Myrha Turner Lewis of Hillsborough, Co. Down

Zulu War 1879

Royal Navy Career of Capt. Richard Bradshaw

of Milecross, Newtownards, Co. Down

Capt. Richard Bradshaw

c.1829-99

Captain of HMS Shah,

Action in Zulu War

05 February 1852

Lieutenant

16 April 1862

Commander

03 April 1868

Captain

Service Records 1800 - 1913

Name	Rank	Service	S/No.	Comments
Bradshaw, John		Canada, British Regiment		Enlisted October 1829 (20yrs)
Bradshaw, Robert	Private	48th Regiment of Foot		Enlisted 06 June 1831 (21yrs)
Bradshaw, John	Private	51st Regiment of foot		Enlisted 24 April 1838 (18yrs)
Bradshaw, James (21)	Private	Royal Irish Fusiliers		1883 Marriage Record
Bradshaw, Robert	Private	4th Royal Irish Rifles	2483	Enlisted 01 April 1889 (18y 5m)
Bradshaw, J	Private	Royal Irish Rifles	514	Enlisted 1899 - 1902
Bradshaw, Hugh Stuart	Lieutenant	Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers		Transferred from the Norfolk Regiment in 1891 and in 1902 he was a Lieutenant in Kitchener's Horse
Bradshaw, Samuel George	Stoker	Royal Navy		Enlisted 13 February 1903
Bradshaw, John	Private	3rd Royal Irish Rifles		Enlisted February 1907 (19 yrs)
Bradshaw, John		4th Royal Irish Rifles Reserves	7249	Enlisted 28 June 1908

Great War 1914-18

Royal Irish Rifles

Name

Rank

Battalion

S/No

Comments

Bradshaw, Joseph, D. C. M

Corporal

1st

9073

Wounded, of 48 Cuba Street, Belfast

Bradshaw, William

L/Corporal
1st 9355
Killed in Action, France, April 21, 1916. born Shankill, Belfast

Bradshaw, Harry William Rifleman 1st 41538 Killed in Action, October 14, 1918, born Kettering, Cransley, Northampton, son of Andrew Bradshaw & Mary Anne Lenton

Bradshaw, John Rifleman 1st (9260?) Wounded, of 68 Israel Street, Belfast

Bradshaw, George 16202 Enlisted 14 September 1914

Bradshaw, Samuel Rifleman 9th 14110 Enlisted 12 September 1914

Bradshaw, Samuel Rifleman 10th 780
Killed in Action, France November 22, 1917
of Courtrai Street, Belfast

Bradshaw, Thomas

Corporal

15th

12542

Killed in Action, France, December 23, 1915 of 48 Upper Townsend St., Belfast

Bradshaw, R

L/Corporal
9022
Killed in Action

Bradshaw, Richard McC 9325 son of W J Bradshaw & Eleanor Neill

Bradshaw, Thomas, Henry

L/Corporal
15th 4139
Killed in Action, France, October 2, 1918, born Antrim

Bradshaw, Albert Edward

Rifleman
(Bugler)
14th 9073
Wounded three times, of 32 Windsor Road, Belfast

Bradshaw, George Robert

Rifleman

Wounded, of 32 Windsor Road, Belfast

Bradshaw, Samuel

Wounded, of Coolderg Court, Belfast

Bradshaw, William
Rifleman 2nd 9539 31 July 1916 - Recruited into RIR 2nd Batt
30 April 1917 - Transferred to North Staffs
21 March 1918 - Killed in Action in France

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

Name

Rank

S/No

Comments

Bradshaw, Isaiah

L/Corporal

31150

Bradshaw, Matthew

L/Corporal

12058

Bradshaw, E

Wounded

Bradshaw, Hamilton

Private

8656

Wounded - unfit for Front-line of 30 Norwood St, Belfast

Private

25152

Royal Army Pay Corps

Bradshaw, Henry

Private

12867

Bradshaw, J

Private

Wounded, of Leadbetter St., Belfast

Bradshaw, James Edward

Private

9/13493

22yrs, Killed in Action, France 15 August 1917 (22yrs), born Ballymacsimmon, Glenealy, Wicklow son of James & Hannah E Bradshaw

Bradshaw, James

Private

49490

Bradshaw, John

Private

48065

Missing, of 45 Brookfield St., Belfast

Bradshaw, Joseph

Private

6334

2nd Batt., Killed in Action, France October 28, 1914, of 24 Ashbourne St., Belfast

Bradshaw, Norman Maguire

Private

49699

Bradshaw, R

Private

15121

Bradshaw, W

Private

17005

Bradshaw, W. J

Private

3469

Killed in Action April 21, 1916

Other Regiments

Name

Rank

S/No.

Regiment

Comments

Bradshaw, Samuel John.
McClean MD

Capt.

Royal Army Medical Corps, died in active service, Aug 1920 of Tempe Terrace, Dalkey, Co. Dublin

Bradshaw, Eric J

2nd Lieut

King’s Own Lancashire, Wounded of Ballymena, Co. Antrim

Bradshaw, William D

Lieut

King's African Rifles

Bradshaw, William, Robert

2nd Lieut

5th Batt. Connaught Rangers, Killed in Action, February 19, 1917 of Charlotte Street, Ballymoney, Co. Antrim

Bradshaw, Robert O

Sergeant

74295

Canadian Infantry, Killed in Action, August 11, 1916 of 8 Windsor St, Belfast

Bradshaw, Thomas

Corporal

5350

Royal Munster Fusiliers, Killed in Action, Gallipoli, August 21, 1915, born in Shower, Newport, Co. Tipperary son of William Bradshaw & Margaret O'Shea

Bradshaw, Humphrey L

Corporal

887318

188th Saskatchewan Battalion Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1917, Injured in the trenches during the third battle of Ypres & later that year gassed requiring hospitalisation. grandson of Rev. Macnevin Bradshaw of Belfast

Bradshaw, George H K

Private

106102

1st Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion, Killed in Action June 5, 1916 grandson of Rev. Macnevin Bradshaw of Belfast

Bradshaw, Henry Driver Enlisted 13 May 1914, Army Ancillary Corp, Discharged 16 April 1915 - Awarded Silver War Badge

Bradshaw, Howard S W

Gunner
30457
Australian, Field Artillery Brigade 4, wounded son of Thomas Bradshaw & Lillian Atkins

Bradshaw, John

Private

2/7797

Cameronians, (Royal Scottish Rifles) Killed in Action, France, June 11, 1915

Bradshaw, John

Private

Royal Army Service Corps

Bradshaw, Joseph Private 775242 Canadian Infintry (casualty of war, died 25 December 1919 buried at Toronto Prospect Cemetery

Bradshaw, Thomas Private 5350 1st Batt. Royal Munster Fusiliers, Killed in action, Gallipoli, August 21, 1915. born Newport, Co. Tipperary

Bradshaw, Samuel S

Private

Australian Forces, Wounded

Bradshaw, William

Private

73513

1st Batt. Machine Gun Corps, Killed in Action, France, December 3, 1917 of Shercock, Co. Cavan, Formerly Royal Irish Fusliers No. 23179

Bradshaw, William

Private

41190

1st Batt. North Staffordshire Regiment, Missing in France, March 21, 1918

Rifleman A. E. Bradshaw (Bugler)

Royal Irish Rifles (M.G.C.), wounded, is a son of Mrs. Bradshaw, of Lambeg, formerly, 32 Windsor Road, Belfast

Albert Edward Bradshaw born 1892, son of Joseph Alexander Bradshaw & Margaret Anne Pollock

In 1915, married Wilhelmina Winfred Warnock

Rifleman G. R. Bradshaw

Royal Irish Rifles, 32 Windsor Road, Belfast, wounded three times

George Robert Bradshaw born. 1895, son of Joseph Alexander Bradshaw & Margaret Anne Pollock 1919, married Eleanora Elliot Mercer

Private H. BRADSHAW S/N. 8656

1st Batt. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, of 30 Norwood Street, Belfast, wounded at the Dardanelles on May 4, and now in hospital at Egypt.

Hamilton Bradshaw born 1888, Belfast, son of William Smith Bradshaw & Sarah Jane Hamilton 1917, married Ellen Hyles

BELFASTMAN wins D.C.M

(Distinguished Conduct Medal) 3 June 1915

Corporal J. BRADSHAW

1st. Batt., Royal Irish Rifles wounded in Fromalles on May 9, and now in Alder Hay Hospital, Liverpool. He was awarded the D.C.M. for his distinguished work at Neuve Chapelle on April last. His mother resides at 48 Cuba Street, Belfast

Joseph Bradshaw, born 1890, Belfast son of Thomas Bradshaw (1859-93) & Catherine Devlin. Widow Catherine married Samuel Patton & lived at 48 Cuba St. Joseph Bradshaw married Louise Agnes Green

Pte. J. BRADSHAW

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, of Leadbetter Street, Belfast Wounded

Pte. John BRADSHAW

1st Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles, of 68 Israel Street Belfast, wounded and in hospital in Boulogne

Pte. John BRADSHAW S/N 48065

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, missing. News to his wife 45 Brookfield Street, Belfast

John Adams Bradshaw, born 1894, Belfast son of William John Bradshaw & Sarah Jane Adams 1917 married Mary Bogan

Pte. J. BRADSHAW S/N 6334

2nd. Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, of 24 Ashbourne Street, Belfast, killed in action.

Joseph Bradshaw born 1890, son of William Smith Bradshaw & Sarah Jane Hamilton

Sgt. R. O. BRADSHAW

Canadian Infantry, Killed, was a son of Mrs. Bradshaw 8 Windsor Street, Belfast

Robert Oliver Bradshaw, born 1877, Belfast. Son of Oliver Bradshaw & Caroline McConnell

Rifleman S. BRADSHAW

10th Battalion, Royal Ulster Rifles (South Belfast Volunteers) of 12 Coolbeg Ct., Belfast Wounded

Samuel Bradshaw, born c.1894, son of Samuel Bradshaw & Elizabeth Duncan.

1913 married Elizabeth Crone

Rifleman S. BRADSHAW S/N 19/780

10th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles of Courtrai Street, Belfast Killed

Samuel Bradshaw, born 1896 son of Henry Hull Bradshaw & Rachel McCord

Pte. S. S. BRADSHAW

Australian Forces, Wounded is a nephew of J B Bradshaw of 26 Eglantine Avenue, and cousin of J Balfour Bradshaw, curate of Lisburn Cathedral

Samuel Smith Bradshaw born 1897, son of William Riddle Bradshaw & Annie Smith of Beaudesert, Queensland, Australia 1921, married Anne Frances Hawthorne

Corporal T. Bradshaw,

15th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles

(North Belfast Volunteers), died on December 23 of wounds received in action. Deceased was the only son of Mr & Mrs T. Bradshaw of 48 Upper Townsend Street, Belfast

Thomas Bradshaw born 1897, Belfast son of Thomas Bradshaw & Sarah Kennedy

L-Cpl. T. BRADSHAW

Royal Irish Rifles, 25 Scott Street, Belfast. Killed in action.

Thomas Henry Bradshaw born 1884, Belfast, son of Thomas Bradshaw & Catherine Devlin, 1907, married Martha Hyles

Pte. W. J BRADSHAW

North Staffordshire Regiment, missing News to his mother at 15 Hurst Street., Belfast

William James Bradshaw, born 1899, Belfast. Son of John Bradshaw & Margaret O'Keefe

Sec-Lieut. W.R. BRADSHAW,

Connaught Rangers, son of Mr. G.T.M. Bradshaw, M.I.M.E., Charlotte Street, Ballymoney, was killed in action, was formerly in the service of the Midland Railway in Ballymoney and Derry.

William Robert Bradshaw b. 1883, son of George T. M. Bradshaw and Rosanna Mulholland

Cpl. Eric Jean Bradshaw, son of James Moore Bradshaw and Jeanne Alexise Rousseau

Mr. Bradshaw, school inspector, Broughshane Road, Ballymena, has received a letter from his son, Corporal Eric Jean Bradshaw, who is in a base hospital at Rouen, informing him that he has been wounded in the neck by a piece of shrapnel while in the trenches and again in the knee by a piece of high explosive shell while on his way to the rear.

Corporal Bradshaw joined the Chemistry Corps of the Royal Engineers only a few weeks ago.

In his letter he states he was wounded on Saturday, September 25, and it took him six hours to get out of the communication trench when he was wounded again on the way out by a whizz -bang (shrapnel shell) dozens of which were bursting all over the place.

Proceeding, he writes:- “About eight o’clock I reached a field ambulance and was brought to a clearing hospital further back. I stopped there for a day and was shifted back further to a general hospital which, after our arrival, was converted into a clearing station so we had to go back further still.

“We stayed in that hospital for about two days and then were transferred to trains and brought here to Rouen. It was an awful journey and lasted over six hours. The train was not an ambulance train, just an ordinary French 3rd class ‘crawler’. I am writing this in the YMCA Hall. It is a grand place with books and papers and games. There are concerts occasionally and paper is provided for writing letters.

“You will have seen in the papers that our attack was a great success. I saw them bringing in the prisoners - hundreds of them. Just opposite to where I was in the trench we captured 17 machine guns on a 22 yard front. It was a regular fort with bomb-proof shelters etc. The Germans thought it was impregnable.”

SECOND Lieutenant Eric Jean Bradshaw, King’s Own Lancaster Regiment, officially reported wounded and admitted to hospital with gunshot wounds to the knee, is the eldest son of Mr. James Bradshaw, district inspector of national schools, who resides at Glendaragh, Ballymena.
Educated in Brussels, he afterwards went to the Royal School, Dungannon from which he joined the army. He enlisted in the ranks of the Chemist Corps of the Royal Engineers early in the war and was wounded and gassed at Loos, Later he was given a commission in the King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment.

Ballymena Observer April20, 1917

World War II

Lieutenant Arthur Balfour Bradshaw, b 4 April 1923, Enlisted July 1941, Royal Corp of Signals, killed on active service July 1944 Christ Church Cathedral, Lisburn - Roll of Honour - 2nd Lieut. Arthur B Bradshaw R. Sig. Family account: Arthur's parachute failed to open after jumping out of an aircraft.Educated at Campbell College, Belfast - Prefect, 1st XV 1940-41; 1st XI Hockey 1941; Swimming Team 1939-41Enlisted July 1941

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http://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/Unit-Info/305 (Royal Irish Rifles)

http://www.cwgc.org (CWGC - Find war dead)

Contributors to this page include; Nigel Henderson, Co. Down, Tim Robinson, Co. Tipperary, Richard Bradshaw,

Manhattan Beach, California, Belfast Evening Telegraph, Ballymena Observer

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