hampshireregiment

Hercules Montagu Edwin Bradshaw
Medal Index Card reference WO 372/3/35096

Second Lieutenant Hampshire Regiment
Lieutenant \ Acting Captain Tank Corps
Acting Captain Motor Machine Gun Service Royal Artillery
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On the 1911 census the 13 year old Hercules Montagu Edwin Bradshaw, born Chiswick, London, was recorded as an "Inmate" at a School, Stubbington House, Stubbington, near Fareham, Hampshire.

Going back to the 1901 census the 3 year old Hercules M E was recorded at Park Road, Bexhill, Sussex. This was the household of his parents, Arthur E, (aged 36, Living on own means, and originally from Weymouth, Dorset) and Elizabeth, (aged 35 and from Kenilworth, Warwickshire). As well as Hercules, their other children at that time were:
Elizabeth E................aged 8..............born Richmond, Surrey
Kathleen B................aged 7...............born Weymouth, Dorset
Arthur W A.................aged 6..............born Bitterne, Hampshire

The family also have four live in servants.

In the London Gazette of the 23rd January 1917, Lt H H M E Bradshaw, (Hampshire Regiment, Special Reserve) to be acting Captain while commanding a Battalion. 13th December 1916.
www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29918/supplements/939

London Gazette 15th April 1921. Machine Gun Corps (Motor)
Lieutenant H M E Bradshaw M C (Hampshire Regiment), ceases to be employed with the Corps
25th November 1920
www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/32293/supplements/3067

In the London Gazette of the 4th April 1930 it is noted that Captain Hercules Montagu Edwin Bradshaw, M C, , Reserve of Officers, was to be Captain, 5th/7tth Battalion of the Hampshire Regiment with effect form the 5th April.
www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/33594/pages/2147

The death of a Hercules M E Bradshaw, aged 64, was recorded in the Droxford District of Hampshire in the January to March quarter of 1962.

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The WW1 Medal Roll states that his mother - Mrs C May - applied for his medals which would suggest that this is his baptism: Name:Walter Gould May Record Type:Baptism Baptism Date:26 Apr 1896 Father's Name:Walter Arthur May Mother's Name:Catharine Earnshaw May Parish or Poor Law Union:Gunnersbury St James Borough:Hounslow Register Type:Parish Registers The baptism also states his father was a deceased stockbroker at the time of the baptism

So this would be his father: Name:Walter Arthur May Estimated Birth Year:abt 1853 Date of Registration:Jan-Feb-Mar 1896 Age at Death:43 Registration district:London City Inferred County:London Volume:1c Page:17 and his parents marriage: Name:Walter Arthur May Estimated Birth Year:abt 1853 Age:28 Spouse Name:Catherine Earnshaw Marshall Spouse Age:24 Record Type:Marriage Event Date:2 Nov 1881 Parish:Turnham Green Borough:Hounslow Father Name:Walter William Mary Spouse Father Name:Henry James Earnshaw Marshall Register Type:Parish Register

1911 census - 36 Marine Parade, Eastbourne: Catherine May - head - 48 - widow - no occupation - born Everton, Lancashire Christabel May - daughter - 22 - single - no occupation - born Twickenham, Middlesex Walter May - son - 15 - single - school - born Chiswick, London

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