Johan Verhas

VICTORIA CROSS HOLDERS BURIED IN BELGIUM

Data per holder

Name Holder :

George Nicholson

BRADFORD

Rank :

   Lieutenant Commander

Cemetery :

Blankenberge Communal Cemetery,     Blankenberge

GPS :

GPS :

Scharebrugstraat,  114      8370 Blankenberge

N : 51,3074101°          E : 3,1285680°

Location Grave :

See comments.

Date Pictures :

8th August 2013.

Comments :

During my 1st visit on the 10th April 2011 I couldn’t find the grave but when I went back on 8th August 2013 I found out why : there are 2 separate CWGC enclosures on this graveyard. See below pictures, the 2 red rectangles indicate these 2 enclosures.

Bradford’s grave can be found in the WW1 enclosure : section C 8 , when entering the graveyard turn immediately left and look for this sign & path. See below picture. The enclosure is surrounded by a low white wall and is anonymously located between the other graves (see picture). Only the enclosure of WW2 has the sword of remembrance.

The Bradford brothers :

George Nicholson was 1 of 4 brothers, all fought in WW1.

Remarkable is that one of these brothers is also a VC holder.

Gazette :

Cemetery WW1 enclosure :

Cemetery WW2 enclosure, Bradfords grave is not here.

Headstone :