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Bradford, Laurence R.

Date of birth:
July 27th, 1916 (Barnstaple/Devon, England)
Date of death:
July 20th, 1944 (Crain, France)
Service number:
124886
Nationality:
British
Rang/eenheid:
Captain in British Armed Forces

Biography

Laurence Roy Bradford had been a professional soldier since 1939 and was recruited to the Special Air Service (SAS) in February 1944. He commanded in A Squadron which was dropped on June 21, 1944 in the Morvan area of France as part of Operation Houndsworth. On June 20, their jeep with which he and 3 others were on their way encountered a convoy of German soldiers and he and Craftsman William Devine were killed in the ensuing firefight.

Both men are buried in Crain's Municipal Cemetery.

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