Memorial Details
Memorial
Porch Bradford, R.B., V.C. 1917 Hospital
Reference
D40.060
Place
DARLINGTON
Map ref
NZ 28?15?
Original Location
War Memorial Hospital
Which war
1914-18
Memorial Description
Porch. On the wall is a plaque 608mm (2 feet) high x 906mm (3 feet) wide bearing the dedication in sans serif capitals.
Materials used
Marble plaque.
Inscription
in memory of Roland Boys Bradford VC., M.C.
of the Durham Light Infantry
The youngest Brigadier General of the British Army.
Killed at the Age of 25 at the Battle of
Cambrai 30th Nov 1917.
Names
See above.
Notes
1. See Every Name A Story
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photo: C.Sanders
Beyond Praise - The Durham Light Infantrymen who were awarded the Victoria Cross Shannon, Durham Books C.C. Arts, Libraries and Museums Dept., 1998,
ISBN 1 897585 44 6
Durham Town and Country Issue 54 Spring 2006 tells his story along with other winners of the VC
Durham County Record Office Memorial Subscription Committee Ref: Da/A 41/1/1 Minute book of the committee for raising a fund to provide a national memorial to Brigadier General Roland B. Bradford, V.C., M.C., December 1917 - June 1932. Includes newspaper cuttings, statement of fund account and in memoriam tribute by John Buchan For enclosures see Da/DM/10/15.
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)
Beyond Praise - The Durham Light Infantrymen who were awarded the Victoria Cross Shannon, Durham Books C.C. Arts, Libraries and Museums Dept., 1998,
ISBN 1 897585 44 6
Durham Town and Country Issue 54 Spring 2006 tells his story along with other winners of the VC
Durham County Record Office Memorial Subscription Committee Ref: Da/A 41/1/1 Minute book of the committee for raising a fund to provide a national memorial to Brigadier General Roland B. Bradford, V.C., M.C., December 1917 - June 1932. Includes newspaper cuttings, statement of fund account and in memoriam tribute by John Buchan For enclosures see Da/DM/10/15.
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)
External web link
Research acknowledgements
C. Sanders; Tony Harding; Victoria Oxberry, Durham County Record Office
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Parish Notes
Every Name A Story
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