Pair: Private W. J. Bradley, Rifle Brigade, who was killed in action with the 12th Battalion on the Somme in August 1916

British War and Victory Medals (S-16016 Pte., Rif. Brig.), good very fine (2) £60-80

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals to the Cheshire and Manchester Regiments, Rifle Brigade and Royal Green Jackets formed by the late David Boniface.

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William James Bradley was born in Spitalfields, Middlesex, but resident at Clerkenwell at the time of his enlistment in the Rifle Brigade, and was killed in action on the Somme on 25 August 1916, while serving in the 12th Battalion. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.