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LOCAL INTEREST. A First World War Battle of Loos Killed in Action medal group and death plaque to 16685 Private Alfred Bradley, 5th Battalion King's Shropshire Light Infantry. 1914-15 Star, 1914-18 War Medal and Victory Medal [16685 PTE. A. BRADLEY K.S.L.I] and death plaque [ALFRED BRADLEY] with original envelope and certificate of issue. Sold together with a small amount of photocopied research. Footnote:Private Alfred Bradley was born in 1880 at Brimfield, Herefordshire, the son of William Richard and Jane Bradley. He was killed in action, aged 35, on the 25th September 1915, on the 1st day of the Battle of the Loos. He is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. The 5th KSLI was part of the 14th (Light) Infantry Division, VI Corps, which took part in diversionary attacks on the opening day of the offensive. He landed in France on 9th June 1915. Information taken from the Ludlow Advertiser states he was reported wounded on 16th October 1915, previously reported wounded now reported wounded and missing on 6th November and now reported killed on 4th December.
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