John Bracey

Memorial: Downend - Christ Church

Regiment: South Wales Borderers

Medals: 1914–15 Star, British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal

Rank and number: Private 20164

Parents: Henry and Mary Bracey

Marital status: Single

Home address: Seymour Road, Staple Hill (boarder with sister and widowed mother ) (1911). Soundwell Gardens, Mangotsfield (1901 census)

Pre-war occupation: Miners Labourer

Date of birth: 1891

Place of birth: Mangotsfield, Bristol

Date of death: 10/07/1916

Buried/Commemorated at: No Known Grave – Commemorated Thiepval Memorial, France

Age: 26

Further information:

Probably worked in the South Wales coal mines, as many South Glos miners did prior to WW1

By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):

Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Findmypast (Soldiers Died during the Great War, 1901 and 1911 Census etc), researcher John Davis