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25-01-16, 23:05
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Richard Francis Bridges
I have a person named above in my tree. I'm wondering if he might be this person mentioned below of the same name who died in the war. I can't find any details except where he was buried.
Died July 18, 1916. Buried France Military Service Service number: 18120 Rank: Lance Corporal Regiment: Royal Fusiliers Unit/ship/squadron: 11th Bn.
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26-01-16, 00:33
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26-01-16, 00:41
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UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919 Record (from ancestry)
Name: Richard Francis Bridges Birth Place: Bow Residence: Bow Death Date: 18 Jul 1916 Death Place: France and Flanders Enlistment Place: St. Paul's Churchyard, London Rank: L Corporal Regiment: London Regiment Battalion: 11th Battalion Regimental Number: 18120 Type of Casualty: Killed in action Theatre of War: Western European Theatre My Richard was born in that area, so looking positive.
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26-01-16, 00:45
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This is possibly good, if someone can read the who authorised part. I can only read Eliza, which is his mother, but if it says wife then I'd need to find a wife.
UK, Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929 Richard Bridges
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26-01-16, 04:51
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I think I says Mo which I assume is mother, other on the pages have Sis, Bro wid and Fa
Sister, brother, widow and father? The names attached to the abbreviations suggest the sexes of the people match my assumed relationships
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26-01-16, 12:55
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Agree with Chris. Mo looks as if it is an abbreviation of mother, given the other abbreviations on the same page. His mother, Eliza, was also the 'Sole Leg' which means 'sole legatee', so she was the only person to receive the financial gratuity following his death.
The link below should take you to an account of the Royal Fusiliers in the Great War. I haven't read through it in detail, but you may be able to pinpoint where he was fighting when he was killed in action. I noticed that he is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme. https://archive.org/stream/royalfusi...0onei_djvu.txt The war diary is at the National Archives.
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