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~ Private Family War Records ~

Pte. James Edward McGarrigle (3257599)
Date/Location Enlisted:
Units Served: 115th Battalion, 26th (New Brunswick) Infantry Battalion
Battles: Belguim
Medals: British War Medal; Victory Medal
Details: Stuck by lorry/truck on 14 November 1918, hospitalized.

Pte. James E. McGarrigle

Cpl. Harold Lister Bradford (742701)
Date/Location Enlisted: 10 February 1916, Saint John NB
Units Served: 115th Battalion, 26th (New Brunswick) Infantry Battalion
Battles: France, December 1917 to January 1918
Medals: British War Medal; Victory Medal
Details: Suffers "French Fever" while in front lines in France on 10 January 1918.

Cpl. Harold L. Bradford

Pte. Martin Benjamin Bradford (742702)
Date/Location Enlisted: 10 February 1916, Saint John NB
Units Served: 115th Battalion, 26th (New Brunswick) Infantry Battalion
Battles: Passchendaele, Hill 70, Arras
Medals: British War Medal; Victory Medal; Memorial Cross/Plaque
Details: Wounded at the Battle of Passchendaele on 6 November 1917. Killed in Action at the Battle of Arras on 28 August 1918.
External Links: Veterans Affairs Canada - Commonwealth War Graves Commision

Pte. Martin B. Bradford

Pte. Eric Allison Bradford (743041)
Date/Location Enlisted: 23 March 1916, Saint John NB
Units Served: 115th Battalion, 26th (New Brunswick) Infantry Battalion
Battles: Passchendaele, Hill 70
Medals: British War Medal; Victory Medal
Details: Severly wounded (gun shot wound to head) during the Battle of Hill 70 (Lens, France) on 15 August 1917. Eric returns to Canada however dies as a result of his wounds on 24 May 1919.
External Links: Veterans Affairs Canada - Commonwealth War Graves Commision

Pte. Eric A. Bradford

Pte. Winfield Walter Bradford (1030239)
Date/Location Enlisted: 12 October 1916, Fredericton NB
Units Served: 236th (The New Brunswick Kilties) Battalion, 7th Canadian Garrison Regiment
Battles: Nil. Canada Home Front
Details:

Pte. Winfield W. Bradford

Gnr. Frank Alexander Burrell (G/10225)
Date/Location Enlisted: 17 September 1939
Units Served: 8th Anti-Aircraft Battery, 3rd Field Reg. (Royal Canadian Artillery); 3rd Medium Regiment (Royal Canadian Artillery)
Battles: France
Medals: Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp;
Details: Eight months after his discharge, Frank drowns during a fishing trip with his fiancée on 26 May 1946. He was unable to swim due to his injuries received during his service.

Gnr. Frank A. Burrell