BRIDGEWATER Bertram Frederick

  • First Name(s):
    Bertram 
    Frederick 
  • Surname:
    BRIDGEWATER
  • Service Number:
    27024
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Worcestershire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    9th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    25th January 1917
  • Age At Death:
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Basra Memorial, Iraq, Panel 18 and 63.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:
    Unknown
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BRIDGEWATER Bertram Frederick Is Named On These Memorials

Catshill War Memorial

Further Information About BRIDGEWATER Bertram Frederick

B.F. Bridgewater, 27024, Worcestershire Regiment, resident Bromsgrove appears on the list of missing in the Bromsgrove Weekly Messenger, 24th March 1917.

Five brothers still serving
Private Bert Frederick Bridgewater, of the Worcestershire Regiment, son of Mr and Mrs John Bridgewater, of Barley Mow Lane, Catshill, who was reported missing on January 25th 1917, is now assumed by the War Office to have been killed in action on or about that date.  Deceased was single and was 19 years of age at the time of his death, and before enlisting in January, 1916, he worked for Mr Waldron. Mr and Mrs Bridgewater have still 5 sons serving – Richard a prisoner of war since November 25th 1915, Frank, R.F.A.; John, A.S.C.; William, R.F.A.; James, A.S.C.

Private Bridgewater was killed in action in Mesopotamia on the 25th of January 1917, in the battle for Kut in what is now in North Western Iraq.

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Credits: Bromsgrove Weekly Messenger researched and transcribed by Adrian Carter. Further additional information researched and transcribed by Lisa Bayliss.