A. Walter Bridson
Epithet: First World War sailor
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Sailor. 'No. P.O. P.O Stoker. R.N. (Royal Navy) H.M.S. Lion. Brother of Emma Bridson, S.S.& T.E. Bridson. R.N. Barracks. Devonport in March. Also May 31. June 14. was on ''Lion'' in battle in N. Sea. Ship very badly damaged. Said not to be repaired (June) Oct. 5. om Monitor 29 at Dardanelles Dec 14. Mess. 1. Reported May 1916 Nov. H.M.S. Blenheim. G.P.O. London Nov.1917 19 Mess. as before Nov.1918 31 Hope St. 19 Mess. H.M.S. Sutton G.P.O.' (Extract from handwritten notes by The Reverend Robert Daniel Kermode, Vicar of St George's Church, Douglas, about men from his parish serving in the First World War. MS 10003/1)
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