Aircraftwoman 2nd Class
BRADWELL, GLADYS WENDY
Service Number 884128
Died 02/12/1939
941 Balloon Sqdn.
Women's Auxiliary Air Force
Wendy was a passenger in a motor vehicle when it collided with a stationary lorry on the Manchester road at Midhope, homeward bound to Sheffield, after a day out in Manchester. Wendy died at the scene. Driver of the vehicle was friend, Mr Wilfred H. Carter, who sustained deep lacerations to his face and transported to Sheffield Royal Infirmary.
An aircraft woman with the Women's Auxiliary Air Force, Wendy was buried with full military honours at Loxley Cemetery following at service at St Mark's, Broomhill. Wendy is survived by her parents, brother, aunts and numerous cousins.
Birth registered March Qtr 1911, Ecclesall Bierlow district (UK-BMD online)
Sources :
Sheffield Evening Telegraph 2 December 1939 (from the British Newspaper Archive)
Sheffield Evening Telegraph 6 December 1939 (from the British Newspaper Archive)
BRADWELL, GLADYS WENDY
Service Number 884128
Died 02/12/1939
941 Balloon Sqdn.
Women's Auxiliary Air Force
Wendy was a passenger in a motor vehicle when it collided with a stationary lorry on the Manchester road at Midhope, homeward bound to Sheffield, after a day out in Manchester. Wendy died at the scene. Driver of the vehicle was friend, Mr Wilfred H. Carter, who sustained deep lacerations to his face and transported to Sheffield Royal Infirmary.
An aircraft woman with the Women's Auxiliary Air Force, Wendy was buried with full military honours at Loxley Cemetery following at service at St Mark's, Broomhill. Wendy is survived by her parents, brother, aunts and numerous cousins.
Birth registered March Qtr 1911, Ecclesall Bierlow district (UK-BMD online)
Sources :
Sheffield Evening Telegraph 2 December 1939 (from the British Newspaper Archive)
Sheffield Evening Telegraph 6 December 1939 (from the British Newspaper Archive)
Aircraftwoman 2nd Class
BRADWELL, GLADYS WENDY
Service Number 884128
Died 02/12/1939
941 Balloon Sqdn.
Women's Auxiliary Air Force
Wendy was a passenger in a motor vehicle when it collided with a stationary lorry on the Manchester road at Midhope, homeward bound to Sheffield, after a day out in Manchester. Wendy died at the scene. Driver of the vehicle was friend, Mr Wilfred H. Carter, who sustained deep lacerations to his face and transported to Sheffield Royal Infirmary.
An aircraft woman with the Women's Auxiliary Air Force, Wendy was buried with full military honours at Loxley Cemetery following at service at St Mark's, Broomhill. Wendy is survived by her parents, brother, aunts and numerous cousins.
Birth registered March Qtr 1911, Ecclesall Bierlow district (UK-BMD online)
Sources :
Sheffield Evening Telegraph 2 December 1939 (from the British Newspaper Archive)
Sheffield Evening Telegraph 6 December 1939 (from the British Newspaper Archive)
BRADWELL, GLADYS WENDY
Service Number 884128
Died 02/12/1939
941 Balloon Sqdn.
Women's Auxiliary Air Force
Wendy was a passenger in a motor vehicle when it collided with a stationary lorry on the Manchester road at Midhope, homeward bound to Sheffield, after a day out in Manchester. Wendy died at the scene. Driver of the vehicle was friend, Mr Wilfred H. Carter, who sustained deep lacerations to his face and transported to Sheffield Royal Infirmary.
An aircraft woman with the Women's Auxiliary Air Force, Wendy was buried with full military honours at Loxley Cemetery following at service at St Mark's, Broomhill. Wendy is survived by her parents, brother, aunts and numerous cousins.
Birth registered March Qtr 1911, Ecclesall Bierlow district (UK-BMD online)
Sources :
Sheffield Evening Telegraph 2 December 1939 (from the British Newspaper Archive)
Sheffield Evening Telegraph 6 December 1939 (from the British Newspaper Archive)
Inscription
In Loving Memory
Of
Gladys (Wendy)
The Dearly Beloved Daughter of
Henry Sleight & Lucy Ettie Bradwell
Who departed this life Dec.1st 1939
Aged 29 years.
"Ever in our thoughts".
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