Herbert Bradley

Herbert Bradley (1888 – 21 June 1918) was an English professional football outside left who played in the Football League for Bury, Notts County and Preston North End.[1]

Herbert Bradley
Personal information
Full name Herbert Bradley[1]
Date of birth 1888 (1888)[2]
Place of birth Padiham, England
Date of death 21 June 1918 (aged 2930)[3]
Place of death Limburg an der Lahn, Germany[4]
Position(s) Outside left
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Colne
1906–1909 Bury 18 (0)
1910 Notts County 3 (0)
Padiham
1911 Preston North End 2 (0)
Great Harwood
Nelson
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Personal life

Bradley served as a gunner in the Royal Garrison Artillery during the First World War.[4] On 5 April 1918, while acting as a forward artillery observer, he was taken prisoner by German forces and taken to Limburg an der Lahn prisoner of war camp.[4][5] He died of dysentery in the camp on 21 June 1918 and was buried in Avesnes-sur-Helpe Communal Cemetery, France.[3][4]

References

  1. Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 35. ISBN 190589161X.
  2. Herbert Bradley on Lives of the First World War
  3. "Casualty Details: Bradley, H". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  4. "Herbert Bradley | Service Record | Football and the First World War". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  5. "Avesnes-sur-Helpe Communal Cemetery". WW1Cemeteries. Retrieved 1 October 2020.


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