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Title: William Bradley died Fermoy camp 1915- any info?
Post by: Stairheedrammy on Monday 26 October 20 20:29 GMT (UK)
My great, great uncle died in Fermoy camp aged 19 in 1915 after only a week in British army, with seizure recorded as his cause of death.  I wondered whether there would be any local records of this, especially around the unusual cause of death and any reasons his body was buried in Cork and wasnt returned to his family in Derry?
Thanks
Title: Re: William Bradley died Fermoy camp 1915- any info?
Post by: heywood on Monday 26 October 20 20:47 GMT (UK)
There is a newspaper snippet mentioning him
Derry Journal 15th February 1915.

Sorry, I don’t have access to the details.
Title: Re: William Bradley died Fermoy camp 1915- any info?
Post by: Stairheedrammy on Tuesday 27 October 20 21:21 GMT (UK)
Thanks Heywood I will check this out
Title: Re: William Bradley died Fermoy camp 1915- any info?
Post by: anthonyC on Tuesday 29 November 22 17:23 GMT (UK)
were Williams parents called John and Jane by any chance?
Title: Re: William Bradley died Fermoy camp 1915- any info?
Post by: heywood on Tuesday 29 November 22 20:09 GMT (UK)
Welcome to Rootschat, Anthony.

The newspaper mentions Clifton Street as the address so this looks like William and family in 1911. His father is James.
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Londonderry/Londonderry_No__5_Urban/Clifton_Street/606040/

If you want to search your family, it would be best to start a new thread.
Title: Re: William Bradley died Fermoy camp 1915- any info?
Post by: Stairheedrammy on Tuesday 29 November 22 21:27 GMT (UK)
His parents were James Bradley and Anne McDivitt
Title: Re: William Bradley died Fermoy camp 1915- any info?
Post by: Kiltaglassan on Tuesday 29 November 22 21:28 GMT (UK)
Quote from: heywood on Tuesday 29 November 22 20:09 GMT (UK)

....so this looks like William and family in 1911. His father is James.
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Londonderry/Londonderry_No__5_Urban/Clifton_Street/606040/


Welcome also to RootsChat, Anthony  :)

Here's the Bradley family in 1901 census.
House 49 in Chapel Road (Waterside, Londonderry).
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Londonderry/Waterside/Chapel_Road/1539741/

Birth of the twins Winifred and Theresa - 24 September 1891
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1891/02369/1884354.pdf


Title: Re: William Bradley died Fermoy camp 1915- any info?
Post by: Stairheedrammy on Tuesday 29 November 22 21:42 GMT (UK)
Winifred was my great gran
Title: Re: William Bradley died Fermoy camp 1915- any info?
Post by: anthonyC on Wednesday 30 November 22 07:20 GMT (UK)
There was a few coincidences there and I thought I might be after getting lucky but no a different family, thank you
Title: Re: William Bradley died Fermoy camp 1915- any info?
Post by: Kiltaglassan on Wednesday 30 November 22 10:47 GMT (UK)

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William Bradley died Fermoy camp 1915- any info?
….with seizure recorded as his cause of death.

Died in the military hospital.
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1915/05279/4466010.pdf

Cause of death: Spasm of glottis?  Epilepsy

Location of Fermoy military hospital.
North of the railway tracks in relation to the Fermoy Old Barracks and New Barracks.
https://arcg.is/zzq5u0
Choose MapGenie 25 Inch in Basemap Gallery - pan down for Old Barracks and New Barracks.


Title: Re: William Bradley died Fermoy camp 1915- any info?
Post by: Stairheedrammy on Wednesday 30 November 22 19:00 GMT (UK)
Yup, choked to death during a seizure attributed to epilepsy- though his family sought clarification around that after the war -presumably as he didnt seem to have suffered from epilepsy- having been an active member of the INV as well as passing the army medical.