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Cheshire / Re: William Samuel Bradshaw WW1 Cheshire regiment
« on: Wednesday 07 September 11 10:04 BST (UK)  »
The cap badge on my photo isn't Royal Welsh Fusiliers or Cheshire Regiment.

I've made a research request to the Cheshire Regiment Museum as I'm still fairly certain from the postcards that my grandfather was in the Cheshires. However, I'm now thinking that the photo is of his brother John Thomas Bradshaw who was described as a soldier on his marriage certificate in 1916.

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Cheshire / Re: William Samuel Bradshaw WW1 Cheshire regiment
« on: Tuesday 06 September 11 12:44 BST (UK)  »
I take your point about the cap badge, but why would someone living in Chester join the South Wales Borderers? Maybe because he was born in Wrexham, but usually men volunteered with their friends to be together in a local regiment. Checking the regimental records, the 4th (Service) Battalion of the Borderers was in Cirencester until June 29th 1915 when it moved to Woking - this doesn't tie in with the date on my first postcard. It did however embark from Avonmouth to Mudros, arriving on July 12th - this could tie in with the second postcard.

The other option is that the photo is actually of my grandfather's brother John Thomas Bradshaw who was born in Wrexham in 1896, but also living at Gough Court in Chester at the start of the war.   

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Cheshire / Re: William Samuel Bradshaw WW1 Cheshire regiment
« on: Tuesday 06 September 11 10:19 BST (UK)  »
Did you mean to write William S Bradshaw?

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Cheshire / Re: William Samuel Bradshaw WW1 Cheshire regiment
« on: Tuesday 06 September 11 09:34 BST (UK)  »
Unfortunately that's not him. He was living in Gough Court off Northgate St in Chester at the time.
I don't have access to Ancestry, but on the free search I did see a William S Bradshaw in the medals section. Do you have access to that?

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Cheshire / Re: William Samuel Bradshaw WW1 Cheshire regiment
« on: Monday 05 September 11 23:53 BST (UK)  »
Thanks, I'll try that tomorrow.

BTW, I notice you have Chaloner on your list of surnames. Yesterday I was doing some research into Sarah Jane Eaves who married Frederick Charles Chaloner in Chester in 1905. Is that in your tree?

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Cheshire / William Samuel Bradshaw WW1 Cheshire regiment
« on: Monday 05 September 11 20:41 BST (UK)  »
I've just come across some postcards sent by my grandfather to his father during WW1. He was born in Wrexham on 17th Oct 1894 but was living in Chester in 1911 and after the war. The first postcard was of Knaphill in Surrey but had a Pirbright Camp postmark and dated May 1915. The next one was dated July 1915 and said he was at sea on active service. The next 2 were from hospitals in Malta and dated Oct & Nov 1915, and the final one from Bagshot Park. I have a photo of him in uniform (attached) with sergeant's stripes but no service number. I'm fairly certain he must have been in the 8th Battalion of the Cheshire Regiment, but I'd love to know his service record and the reason for him being hospitalised

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Flintshire / Re: Thomas Bradshaw born c.1801
« on: Saturday 13 February 10 23:58 GMT (UK)  »
I've also found in the 1861 census a Thomas and Sarah Bradshaw both aged 60 and living in Chester. Thomas is shown as born in Chester and Sarah born in Hawarden. This could tie in with the 1841 census. I'm now confused!

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Flintshire / Re: Thomas Bradshaw born c.1801
« on: Saturday 13 February 10 23:51 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Carole,

Thanks, I hadn't spotted that there was an 'N' in the 'born in county' column. I had spotted the age discrepancy between the 1841 & 1851 censuses - there's also a discrepancy for his son Henry who's shown as 5 in 1841 and 18 in 1851.

The Cheshire BMD site shows the Thomas Bradshaw who died in 1855 as aged 60 and registered at Chester Castle, so its probably the other one which was registered at Hawarden in 1853.

Thanks for the link to cprdb

Regards, Martin

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Flintshire / Thomas Bradshaw born c.1801
« on: Saturday 13 February 10 18:28 GMT (UK)  »
I'm trying to trace my 3rd Great Grandfather Thomas Bradshaw who was aged 40 and living in Bretton with wife Sarah and sons William, James and Henry at the time of the 1841 census. Any details of his marraige or birth would be much appreciated. Its possible he was born in Sesswick, but I'd like confirmation.

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