Name: BRADFORD, JOHN WILSON
Initials: J W
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Fusilier
Regiment/Service: Royal Scots Fusiliers
Unit Text: 4/5th Bn.
Age: 32
Date of Death: 28/01/1945
Service No: 3129988
Additional information: Son of Thomas and Sarah Bradford, of Kilwinning, Ayrshire; husband of Martha Bradford, of Kilwinning.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: VI. 315.
Cemetery: BRUNSSUM WAR CEMETERY
Adopted by: Bep en Henk van Dijke

 

“According to our records, Fusilier John Wilson Bradford was one of 18 casualties recovered from Schimmert and reburied in Brunssum war Cemetery in July 1946.  There were 2 plots at Schimmert.  The first plot containing 12 casualties was located to the North-East of Schimmert, in the vicinity of the junction of Leeuwenkuilsweg and Mareweg.  The other plot of 6 casualties was to the North-West along the Langstraat.  We do not have photographs of either of these plots.

Source - Commonwealth War Graves Commission