BRIDGES Arthur Percy

  • First Name(s):
    Arthur 
    Percy 
  • Surname:
    BRIDGES
  • Service Number:
    862
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    25th February 1918
  • Age At Death:
    25
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Sandy's (St James) Churchyard, Bermuda, Family Vault.
  • Place of Birth:
    Worcestershire in 1892
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Alfred Joseph and Mary Emmeline Bridges

Remember The Fallen - Lest We Forget

BRIDGES Arthur Percy Is Named On These Memorials

Worcester St Mark’s Church Wooden Cross Bridges Memorial

Further Information About BRIDGES Arthur Percy

Resident in Worcester in 1901 and 1911 census.

Sailed from Liverpool on 30th November 1912 to New York, USA on board the Caronia with other family members, arrived at Ellis Island, New York on 9th December 1912

Appears in the Worcester/Worcestershire Roll of Honour Book for army casualties located in Worcester Cathedral under Norton-Juxta-Kempsey casualty list, unit given as Lincolnshire Regiment.

The inscription on the cross reads:
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
HARRY F. BRIDGES
WHO DIED IN ACTION
AT VERMEILLES
5TH NOVR 1916
AGED 26YRS, 8 MTHS
_____
ALSO OF
ARTHUR P. BRIDGES
WHO DIED FROM WOUNDS
AT BERMUDA
25TH FEBY 1918
AGED 25YRS 10 MTHS
_____
ALSO OF
HANNAH P. BRIDGES
[SIS]
WHO DIED AT BERMUDA
7TH AUGUST 1915
AGED 19 YRS 7 MTHS
_____
THIS CROSS WAS
TAKEN FROM THE GRAVE
IN FRANCE

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