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


Father
:
Mother
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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
11145 BRIDGE, Ada Janet1895ENG, ESX, West Ham Oct 1908 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
20767 BRIDGE, Harold Percy1889ENG, LDN, London Apr 1905 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
5732 BRIDGE, James1862ENG,     Aug 1875 : - Unknown - CAN Louisa Birt  
14817 BRIDGE, Magnus1869ENG,     Aug 1884 : Sarmatian CAN Board of Guardians (Various)  
11754 BRIDGE, Mary J1890ENG,     May 1902 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
22205 BRIDGE, William J.1882ENG,     Apr 1897 : Labrador CAN Barnardos