BRIDGES Francis John

  • First Name(s):
    Francis 
    John 
  • Surname:
    BRIDGES
  • Service Number:
    35856
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Royal Berkshire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    5th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    28th March 1918
  • Age At Death:
    23
  • Cause of Death:
    Died of wounds
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Pozieres Memorial, France, Panel 56 and 57.
  • Place of Birth:
    Clifton-on-Teme, Worcestershire, resident Great Witley, Worcestershire, enlisted Birmingham
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Walter Bridges, of Ham Bridge, Clifton-on-Teme, Worcester; husband of Dorothy Rose Bridges, of Great Witley, Worcester

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BRIDGES Francis John Is Named On These Memorials

Clifton on Teme Council School now in St Kenelm’s Church
Great Witley War Memorial

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Clifton on Teme Council School now in St Kenelm’s Church surname spelt Brydges
Great Witley War Memorial surname spelt Bridges

Further Information About BRIDGES Francis John

Surname spelt Bridges on Commonwealth War Graves Commission and Soldiers Died in the Great War.

The birth of Francis John Brydges is registered in the March Quarter 1896 under the Bromyard Registration District.

Appears in the Worcester/Worcestershire Roll of Honour Book for army casualties located in Worcester Cathedral., name spelt Brydges.

United Parish Magazine, Witley section, June 1918:
We have to report that Francis Bridges, whose wife belongs to Witley, has been killed.

Francis Bridges/Brydges has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on Pozieres Memorial, surname spelt Bridges.

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Credits: Parish magazine researched by Eve Fraser.