H. Chalton Bradshaw
British architect
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Harold Chalton Bradshaw CBE FRIBA (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.
Harold Chalton Bradshaw | |
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Guards' Memorial, St James Park, 1926 | |
| Born | 15 February 1893 |
| Died | 15 October 1943 (aged 50) |
| Known for | Architecture |
| Notable work | Ploegsteert Memorial to the Missing, Cambrai Memorial to the Missing |
| Movement | Arts & Crafts |
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]
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