ABSTRACT
P erhaps the m ost ex trao rd inary ob ituary to ap p ear in The Times in the 1950s was th a t o f A m y M . B radford. She was, it records, ‘the m o th er o f four sons5, m uch decora ted in the First W orld W ar, one posthum ously. T h ree o f the four h ad been killed du ring the w ar. T h e ob ituary provides details ab o u t the second son's 'b rave exploits5 an d the youngest son's 'ac t o f conspicuous b ravery an d leadership in a ttack5, an d the decorations th a t they won. A part from the characterisation o f B radford as 'the m o ther o f four sons', the ob ituary refers to h e r life only in its final sentence:
O n more than one occasion Mrs Bradford took her place at the Folkestone observance of Remembrance Day wearing the two Victoria Crosses and a Military Cross.
