William Samuel Bradshaw WW1 Cheshire regiment

[Colin D Gronow]

I agree with Scottiedog, not like a Cheshire cap badge.

The cap badge to me looks like the South Wales Borderers.

[GMB2010]

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.   

[Shep]

From the soldiers in my tree who lived in Chester, they either enlisted in the Royal Welch Fusiliers or the Cheshire Regiment.

There is a medal index card for a Private John Thomas Bradshaw who was in both the Cheshire Regiment (39278) and the Lancashire Regiment (64643). There is also a note on the bottom of the card 'S.W.B . list J/863' - anyone know what that means?

[Colin D Gronow]

Silver War Badge

[GMB2010]

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.