The Ball and the Bradford Boy
The Ball and the Bradford Boy
The Ball and the Bradford Boy
The Ball and the Bradford Boy
The Ball and the Bradford Boy
The Ball and the Bradford Boy
The Ball and the Bradford Boy
The Ball and the Bradford Boy
The Ball and the Bradford Boy

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The life-size rusted Corten steel statue of a soldier and civilian is located in the memorial garden dedicated to the four fighting Bradfords of Witton Park, County Durham. Four brothers went to war and three were killed, only one returning home from the battlefield. The memorial garden was specially commissioned for the 100th Anniversary of Roland Bradford's gallantry in the face of the enemy. It also remembers George Bradford, the brothers being the only two brothers to be awarded the Victoria Cross. The statue depicts a returning soldier in uniform, head bowed beneath the weight of his tin hat; he appears heavily burdened with not only the weight of his rifle on his back but also the burdens of his war experiences. The civilian, a miner, a friend, wearing a broad flat cap, reaches out to him, handing the soldier the laced up football which is symbolic of the footballing and cricketing pre-war pursuits of the Bradford brothers and as a way of helping the soldier to reconnect with the civilian life he had lost.

Title

The Ball and the Bradford Boy

Date

2017

Medium

Corten steel

Measurements

H 155 x W 110 x D 60 cm

Accession number

DL14_EV_S013

Acquisition method

funded by Durham County Council, Groundworks North East, and Heritage Lottery Fund

Work type

War memorial

Owner

Durham County Council

Custodian

Durham County Council

Work status

extant

Unveiling date

11th March 2017

Access

at all times

Inscription description

to the left of the garden the plaque holds two circles, within each is an image of the VC and details of George and Roland: LIEUTENANT COMMANDER / GEORGE BRADFORD / ROYAL NAVY / 22ND APRIL - 23 APRIL 1918; LIEUTENANT COLONEL / ROLAND BRADFORD / DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY / 1ST OCTOBER 1916

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Located at

Main Street, Witton Park

DL14 0ER

Set within a memorial garden