Claude William Bradbury born 1910. What happened to him?

[Anstey Nomad]

So where is he? In the words of Eccles, "Everybody's got to be somewhere."

I got really excited when I found a Claude Bradbury in Australia, but his father was called Walter.

Back to it.

[Merry]

I've just seen on FB that the Hamburg passenger list was for him returning to the UK rather than going out there, which I hadn't realised. Can someone confirm?

[Merry]

The 1931 electoral roll for Leicester has Elise and dau Phyllis Dorothy listed for 23 Bodnaut Ave Leicester. No sign of Claude, but I don't know if he would have been included on that one as it was the year he turned 21. FMP doesn't seem to have 1932 for that area.

[Merry]

As that's the same address as the 1939 register maybe it would be worth examining the years in between to see if he was there at all during the 1930s?


The constituency for the address was P B of Leicester, South Division.

[Merry]

Re the prisoner of war record. The initials CW seem to be pretty uncommon in the ten years after Claude was born (I've not thought of an easy way to check a few years before he was born when middle names were given in full yet) but there are a couple of others and there may be more before 1911 too. Doesn't mean that's not him though.

[kiterunner]

Originally Posted by Merry

I've just seen on FB that the Hamburg passenger list was for him returning to the UK rather than going out there, which I hadn't realised. Can someone confirm?

Yes, it says "leaving Hamburg" at the top of the page.

[Merry]

Thanks Kate.

[Anstey Nomad]

It's Bodnant Avenue, Leicester. it seems to be generally mistranscribed.

I've coughed up for some credits and he's not there in 1939. The household is Louise, Phyllis, Joan and Dennis.

[Merry]

Originally Posted by Anstey Nomad

It's Bodnant Avenue, Leicester. it seems to be generally mistranscribed.

I've coughed up for some credits and he's not there in 1939. The household is Louise, Phyllis, Joan and Dennis.

I'm sorry, I hadn't realised in my opening post I probably didn't make it clear he wasn't with his mother and siblings in 1939 - I would have said if he had been there, but that's not the same lol. I would have sent you the image had I realised you didn't have access.

What I meant was, could you check if he was living with his family between 1932 and 1939? Does Leicester Library have historic e-rolls and would they do a lookup for you as you have the address?

[Anstey Nomad]

Not a problem.

I can certainly check with the Record Office and will do so now. I tried FMP, but I'm not sure I have got the hang of it yet.