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John Bradley David – Welch Regiment

Private John Bradley David – Welch Regiment The final military burial at Kingsbridge Cemetery John Bradley David Kingsbridge Cemetery credit - finagrave John Bradley David was born in 1904 , at Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire . Very few records survive that shed light on his early life, but he is known to have later settled in the Gorseinon area, where he married Doris M. David , of Garden Village, Gorseinon . John served during the Second World War as a Private in the Welch Regiment , continuing the long tradition of West Wales men who joined the regiment across generations. He died on 18 June 1947 , in the immediate post‑war years, and his body was brought home to be laid to rest at Kingsbridge Cemetery . His grave marks the last military burial connected to the Second World War within the cemetery, closing its wartime roll with his name.

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