H. Chalton Bradshaw Explained

Harold Chalton Bradshaw
Birth Date:15 February 1893
Birth Place:Liverpool
Death Date:15 October 1943
Nationality:British
Known For:Architecture
Movement:Arts & Crafts
Notable Works:Ploegsteert Memorial to the Missing, Cambrai Memorial to the Missing

Harold Chalton Bradshaw (15 February 1893 – 15 October 1943)[1] was a Liverpool-born architect, recipient of the first Rome scholarship in Architecture (1913) & first Secretary of The Royal Fine Art Commission.

His design work included the British School at Rome's Common Room (1924, as projected by Edwin Lutyens)[2] and several Commonwealth War Graves Commission First World War cemeteries and memorials, including the Cambrai Memorial in France[3] and the Ploegsteert Memorial to the Missing and its surrounding cemetery.[4] He also designed the Guards' Division Memorial in St. James's Park in London.[5]

He received an honorary Degree of Master in Architecture from the University of Liverpool in 1930, and lectured at The Architectural Association.[6]

Bradshaw married Mary Taylor, an archaeologist, in 1918. They had three children: Christopher, a graphic designer; Julian, a physicist; and Anthony, a professor of botany.[7]

Notes and References

  1. , 23 October 2007, accessed 28 December 2007
  2. http://www.bsr.ac.uk/BSR/sub_about/BSR_About_01History.htm British School at Rome early history
  3. http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/79300 Commonwealth War Graves Commission
  4. http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/88800 Commonwealth War Graves Commission
  5. http://www.ukniwm.org.uk/server/show/conMemorial.11359 United Kingdom National Inventory of War Memorials
  6. University of Liverpool List of Emeritus Professors, Chairs and Honorary Graduates p506 (p75 of 81 in this file), accessed 28 December 2007
  7. Barker, Nicolas Obituary: Christopher Bradshaw, The Independent (London), 29 July 2004, accessed 28 December 2007