The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private H H Bridgland

Private Herbert Henry BRIDGLAND, L/10441, 11th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 14th February 1917.

Born 1896, Maidstone, Kent,

Enlisted 22nd August 1914, Maidstone, Kent, age 18 years & 3 months, height 5ft 7 inches, weight 135 lbs, chest 36.5 inches, fresh complexion, blue eyes, brown hair. Resided 81 Melville Road, Maidstone, Kent. Formerly general labourer.

1911 Census, 81 Melville Road, Maidstone, Kent - Henry Bridgland, age 57, flour carter, born Chart Sutton, Kent; Elizabeth Jane Bridgland, age 54, born Southwark, London, married 26 years; Eleanor May Bridgland, age 25, tailoress worker, born Maidstone, Kent; Gertrude Alice Bridgland, age 22, dressmaker, born Maidstone, Kent; Eva Bridgland, age 19, housemaid domestic, born Maidstone, Kent; Percy Bridgland, age 14, feeble minded from birth, born Maidstone, Kent; Herbert Henry Bridgland, age 13, school outfitters errand boy, born Maidstone, Kent.

Home, 22nd August 1914 to 24th August 1915; BEF, 25th August 1915 to 17th July 1916; Home, 18th July 1916 to 23rd November 1916; BEF, 24th November 1916 to 14th February1917.

22nd August 1914, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 24th August 1914, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 24th October 1914, posted 9th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 24th August 1915, posted BEF & 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 14th July 1916, wounded, gun shot wound, left arm; 17th July 1916, to Hospital Ship Marama, transferred to England, ex 6th General Hospital, Rouen; 18th July 1916, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 18th July 1916 to 24th August 1916, 3rd Southern General Hospital, Oxford, gun shot wound, shoulder; 25th September 1916, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 24th November 1916, posted BEF & 11th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment.

17th June 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, Henry Bridgland, (deceased 1918); Mother, Elizabeth Jane Bridgland, (nee Carden), age 61 of 32 Ashford Road, Maidstone, Kent; Brother, Percy Bridgland, age 24, of 32 Ashford Road, Maidstone, Kent; Sisters,Eva Bridgland, age 26, of 32 Ashford Road, Maidstone, Kent; Gertrude Alice Bridgland, sister, age 29, of 32 Ashford Road, Maidstone, Kent; Eleanor Mary Bridgland, sister, age 32, of 32 Ashford Road, Maidstone, Kent.

Commemorated at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Panel 45 & 47, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

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