REGINALD ERNEST BRADLEY
6 September 1892 - 23 December 1916
At School 1901 - 1902
2nd Lieut Royal Engineers
Reginald was appointed Corporal the day after he enlisted and proceeded to France on 26th October.
The Hulmeian – April 1917
Old Hulmeians and the War
Deaths
Second Lieutenant R E BRADLEY, R.E., who died of wounds on December 23rd, was at the School from September 1901 to April 1902, afterwards continuing his education at Haileybury College and Manchester University. He was 24 years of age. He was articled as a chartered accountant student to Mr J M Lees (Neild Son & Lees), of Manchester. He went out to France in October, 1914, as a motor cyclist despatch rider with the rank of corporal, and was present at Neuve Chapelle, the two battles of La Bassee, and other engagements of 1915. Early in 1916, he came over to England to train for a commission in the Royal Engineers, and was gazetted Second Lieutenant on July 2nd. He went out again on October 21st, and had been at the front just nine weeks when he was killed.
