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Record #20767
Name :
: Harold Percy BRIDGE (1889 - 1915)
  aka : Private Bridge


Father
:
Mother
:
BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 6 Sep 1889

Marriage (1)
:
Marriage (2)
:

Date of Death
: 4 Mar 1915   Notes : Killed in Action
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, , London

St. John's Wood
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialFrance, Montreuil, Le Touquet
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 11 Apr 1905
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Kensington

Placement Family
:
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
:

Agency
: Barnardos
NotesThe following records have been discerned for Private Harold Percy Bridge.

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
Name: Harold Percy Bridge
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1889
Registration District: Marylebone
Inferred County: London
Volume: 1a
Page: 577

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1891 England Census
Name: George B Bridge
Age: 69
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1822
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Jane Bridge
Gender: Male
Where born: Rede, Suffolk, England
Civil Parish: St Marylebone
Ecclesiastical parish: St Pauls
Town: Marylebone
County/Island: London
Country: England
Occupation: Cab Driver
Condition as to marriage: Married

Registration District: Marylebone
Sub-registration District: Christchurch
ED, institution, or vessel: 14
Piece: 101
Folio: 58
Page Number: 51
Household Members:
Name Age
George B Bridge 69
Jane Bridge 47 (Born in Ash, Kent, England)
George B Bridge 22 (Marylebone, London, England)
Daisy M Bridge 7
William H Bridge 5
Percy H Bridge 1

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1901 England Census
Name: Jane Bridge
Age: 57
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1844
Relation: Head
Gender: Female
Where born: Ash, Kent, England
Civil Parish: St Marylebone
Ecclesiastical parish: St Stephen the Martyr Portland
County/Island: London
Country: England
Street Address: 11 John Wood St.
Condition as to marriage: Widowed
Employment status: None

Registration District: St Marylebone
Sub-registration District: St John
ED, institution, or vessel: 4
Household Schedule Number: 20
Piece: 117
Folio: 90
Page Number: 3
Household Members:
Name Age
Jane Bridge 57
Daisy M Bridge 19 (Born in Marylebone, London, England, Worker)
William H Bridge 15 (Born in Marylebone, London, England, Worker)
Harold P Bridge 11 (Born in Marylebone, London, England)

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Surname: BRIDGE
Given Name: Harold Percy
Age: 15
Sex: M
Ship: Kensington
Year of Arrival: 1905
Departure Port: Liverpool
Departure Date: 1905-03-30
Arrival Port: Portland
Arrival Date: 1905-04-11
Party: Barnardo Homes
Comments: The ship docked at Halifax, then Portland, where 269 boys disembarked. The original list was lost and a list prepared in 1934 appears on the reel.
Source: Library and Archives Canada
Reference: RG 76 C1b
Microfilm: T-499
Type of Record: Passenger Lists

Attestation paper signed 22 Sep 1914 in Valcartier Qu?bec. Harold Percy Bridge born in St. Johns Wood, London, England on 6 Sep 1889. Next of kin has two listings, brother W H Bridge (Name only) and sister Daisy M. Cousins, at 119 Rosslyn Crescent, Station Road, Harrow, England. Born 6 Sept 1889. 5'5" tall with brown eyes and black hair, he had a scar across his nose and on the left side of his chest.

Canadian Virtual War Memorial
HAROLD PERCY BRIDGE who died on March 4, 1915
Military Service:
Service Number:6777
Age:27
Force: Army
Unit: Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division: 1st Bn.

Great Canadian War Project:
{website}canadiangreatwarproject.com/searches/soldierDetail.asp?ID=10057

Commonwealth War Graves Commission
BRIDGE, HAROLD PERCY
Rank: Private
Service No: 6777
Date of Death: 04/03/1915
Age: 27
Regiment/Service: Canadian Infantry 1st Bn.
Grave Reference: J. 36.
Cemetery: Y FARM MILITARY CEMETERY, BOIS-GRENIER

Canada, CEF Commonwealth War Graves Registers
Name: Harold Percy Bridge
Death Date: 4 Mar 1915
Unit: 1st Canadian Battalion (Western Ontario Regiment)
Rank: Private
Service Number: 6777
Burial Country: France.
Cause and place of death: Killed in Action, La Toulette. (They were probably trying to spell Le Touquet given his burial location.)
Updated address for Next of Kin: 9 ... Buildings, Wonford, North Exeter, Devon (The name of the Buildings or housing complex could start with an M, Morporis? Exeter was badly damaged in the War, no corresponding maps or historical documentation.)

Find A Grave Memorial# 56421804 
ContributorsCreated : 2013-01-02 20:12:18 / From original database

Last Updated : 2013-10-01 07:43:13 /

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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
3062 ABEL, Abraham1892WAL,    , Newport Apr 1908 : Kensington CAN Unknown  
6780 AGGAS, Herbert1895ENG, YKS, Leeds Apr 1905 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
6854 AGGAS, John William1893ENG, YKS, Leeds Apr 1905 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
23744 ALDRIDGE, Maud1897ENG,     May 1904 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
7361 ALDRIDGE, Minnie1895ENG,     May 1904 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
6873 ALLEYNE, Elizabeth1893ENG, LND, Stepney May 1903 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
6356 ALLEYNE, Georgina1892ENG,    , Poplar May 1903 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
20758 ANDERSON, Henry1895 Apr 1905 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
20588 ANDERSON, John1891 Apr 1905 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
20578 ANDERSON, William1891 Apr 1905 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
20757 ANDREWS, Henry1891 Apr 1905 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
16736 ANGELL, Reginald George1892ENG, LND, Kensington Jul 1907 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
13131 ARCHER, Violet May1894ENG,     May 1903 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
20759 ARMSTRONG, Sidney1894 Apr 1905 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
20756 ARNOLD, Edward Edwin1892 Apr 1905 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
23838 ATKINS, Elizabeth B1893ENG,     May 1903 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
6762 AUSTIN, Charles William A.1901ENG,     Jul 1907 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
6764 AYERS, Edith1894ENG,     Jul 1907 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
22759 AYRE, C A1894ENG,     May 1904 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
3768 BAINBRIDGE, Harry1886ENG, STS, Hanley Sep 1905 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
23009 BAKER, William N.1890ENG,     May 1903 : Kensington CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
3767 BALDWIN, Frank A.1888ENG,     Sep 1905 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
22014 BAMFORD, George Joseph1897ENG, MDX Jul 1907 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
23216 BANGE, Robert1886ENG,     Oct 1903 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
20765 BANKS, Arthur George1893 Apr 1905 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
17978 BANKS, Edmund Charles1895ENG, HAM, Portsmouth Jul 1907 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
9136 BARBER, Ernest Ford1892ENG, NFK, Great Yarmouth Apr 1905 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
22283 BARKER, Samuel1889ENG,     May 1903 : Kensington CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
22743 BARKER, William Alfred1893ENG,     May 1908 : Kensington CAN Salvation Army  
18708 BARNES, Horace1885ENG,     1903 : Kensington CAN Unknown  
IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
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