Private 20171 Herbert Edgerley Lomas Bridger
Regiment/Unit: Coldstream Guards - 1st Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Age at death: 36
Date of death: 1st of August 1917
(Wednesday)
Born: Southport, Lancashire
Resided: Liverpool, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Dozinghem Military Cemetery - II. H. 34.
BMD details:
Marriage:
25/09/1909 Herbert Edgerley Lomas Bridger aged 28 to Edith Annie Chambers aged 34 at New Ferry, Cheshire, England.
Vol 8a - Page 911.
Family details:
Son of Canon John Bridger, of Rainford Vicarage, St. Helens, Lancs.; husband of Edith Bridger, of c/o. Mrs. Bridger, The Haven, Roby, Liverpool.
Census details:
1881 - 5 months old Herbert E. L. is living at 20 Argyle Road, Walton on Hill, Liverpool with parents John (38, a Emigrants Chaplin), Lucy F. (38) and three siblings: Edith R. (12), John R. (8), Henrietta (6).
1891 - 10 years old Herbert E.L. is living at 24 Parfield, New Ferry, Cheshire with parents widowed father John (48, a Clerk in Holy Orders), Eliz M (24), John R (18), William R P (6).
Also at the address are servants Mary J Lowe (18) and Emily A Jones (16).
1901 - 20 years old Herbert E.L. is living at The Vicarage, Church Road, Rainford with father John (58 a CofE Clergyman),and stepmother Anne H (57).
Also at the address are servants Annie Ogle (29) and Mary G Prescott (20).
[b]Note:[/b] Shown as Harvest E T Bridger in the 1901 census.
1911 - Sees 30 years old 'Agent For Manufactor - Jute Goods' Herbert E.L living at 22 Hallville Road, Mossley Hill, Liverpool with wife Edith Annie (36).
Also at the address is servant Mary Catherine Hardy (23).
Notes:
[url=lmem.php?lmem=40]Remembered On Rainford (All Saints) Parish Church Memorial[/url]
SDGW have Herberts' birthplace as 'Liverpool'.
[pic]imgs/S1PWHYAOTV/H_E_L_Bridger_Coldstream_zpsb58f67aa.jpg[/pic][caption]The headstone of Private Herbert Edgerley Lomas Bridger
at Dozinghem Military Cemetery
(Photo courtesy of Frederik Sohier)[/caption]
[pic]imgs/S1PWHYAOTV/20171_Herbert_E_L_Bridger.jpg[/pic][caption]The inscription on the Huyton War Memorial for Private Herbert E Bridger[/caption]
SHROH ref. 3220