Edith Annie Radford
Service Number
Unknown
Military Unit
VAD Red Cross
Date of birth
Date of Death
25 Oct 1918 (23 years old)
Place of Birth
Bulwell Nottingham
Employment, Education or Hobbies
Edith was a lace trade sewing machinist in 1911.
- Family History
- Military History
- Extra Information
- Photographs
Family History
Edith Annie Radford was born in 1895 the daughter of Andrew a coal miner and Annie Radford (née Tilley). Her father was born in 1861 at Bulwell and her mother in 1864 at Hallaton, Leicestershire. Married in 1881, they had nine children, eight surviving infancy - Alfred b.1883, Clara b.1889, Arthur b.1891, Mabel b.1893, Edith b.1895, Andrew b.1898, Wilfred b.1900 and Ernest b.1901. In 1911 they lived at 105 Henrietta Street, Bulwell. Clara worked in a shop, Arthur was a miner, and Mabel a cotton finisher.
Military History
Edith Annie Radford died of influenza whilst serving at the 2nd Northern Hospital at Leeds. She is buried in the family grave at Northern Cemetery, Bulwell, Nottingham.
Extra Information
Unknown
Photographs
Courtesy of the Imperial War Museum Collections
Edith Annie Radford
Photo Peter Gillings
Annie Radford's headstone in the Northern Cemetery, Bulwell Nottingham.