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Harold Chalton Bradshaw CBE M.Arch FRIBA (15 February 1893 – 15 October 1943), 23 October 2007, accessed 28 December 2007 was a
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-born architect, recipient of the first Rome scholarship in Architecture (1913) & first Secretary of The Royal Fine Art Commission. His design work included the
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's Common Room (1924, as projected by
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)British School at Rome early history
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and several
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First World War cemeteries and memorials, including the Cambrai Memorial in FranceCommonwealth War Graves Commission
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and the Ploegsteert Memorial to the Missing and its surrounding cemetery.Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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He also designed the Guards' Division Memorial in
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in London.United Kingdom National Inventory of War Memorials
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He received an honorary Degree of Master in Architecture from the
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in 1930, and lectured at The Architectural Association.University of Liverpoo
List of Emeritus Professors, Chairs and Honorary Graduates
p506 (p75 of 81 in this file), accessed 28 December 2007
Bradshaw married Mary Taylor, an
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, in 1918. They had three children: Christopher, a
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er; Julian, a
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; and Anthony, a professor of
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.Barker, Nicolas
Obituary: Christopher Bradshaw
', The Independent (London), 29 July 2004, accessed 28 December 2007


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1893 births 1943 deaths Architects from Liverpool Fellows of the Royal Institute of British Architects {{UK-architect-stub