Personal Details
| Attribute |
Details |
| Nationality |
British |
| Date of Birth |
1877 |
| Place of Birth |
Heaton, Bradford, England |
| Veterinary College and Date of Graduation |
New Edinburgh - December 1901 |
Military Service
| Attribute |
Details |
| Last Rank |
Captain |
| Regiment/Service |
Army Veterinary Corps |
| Secondary Regiment |
Royal Field Artillery |
| Secondary Unit |
296th Brigade |
| First Theatre of War |
France 1916 |
Casualty Details
| Attribute |
Details |
| Date of Death |
17 February 1919 |
| Age at Death |
42 |
| Place of Death |
Houchin, France |
| Cause of Death |
Bronchial Pneumonia |
Cemetery
| Attribute |
Details |
| Cemetery |
Houchin British Cemetery |
| Location |
Houchin British Cemetery, France |
| Grave Reference |
IV.A.5 |
| Commonwealth War Grave |
Yes - CWGC Headstone |
| Emblem or Badge on Headstone |
Royal Field Artillery |
Honours and Memorials
| Attribute |
Details |
| Name on RCVS Honour Board |
Yes |
| Name In Officers who died in Great War |
Yes |
| Medals and Awards |
- British War Medal 1914-1918
- Victory Medal
|
Biography
Captain John Bradley MRCVS, son of James Bradley, was born at Heaton, Bradford, in 1877. He qualified from the New Edinburgh Veterinary College in December 1901 and, by 1906, had set up practice in Crowle, Lincolnshire.
He received a commission in the Army Veterinary Corps in 1915 and was sent to France in January 1916.
Following the signing of the Armistice, he was a veterinary surgeon with the 296th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, in the field in France, awaiting the outcome of the Peace Talks, when he caught influenza. He died in the 296th Brigade of Bronchial Pneumonia on 17 February 1919. He was 42 and is buried in Houchin British Cemetery.
Captain Bradley’s death notice appeared in The Veterinary Record dated 8 March 1919.
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