Edmund Bridson
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No. L/37641. Gunner. R.F.A. (Royal Field Artillery). Former S.S. (Sunday School) & Communicant. Elementary School teacher. at Leeds University. Enlisted end of July. Parents move to Foxdale. Enlisted Aug. 6. Dec.14 C. Batt 148 Brigade R.F.A. B.E.F. (British Expeditionary Force). Nov 1916 148 Brigade C.P. B.Batt. D. Sub. R.F.A. B.E.F. Killed by shell Aug.1. 1917'. Note: Killed in action, aged 23. Mineral Terrace, Foxdale. Son of William and Emily Bridson, Mineral Terrace, Foxdale according to roll-of-honour.com (Isle of Man database). (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)
External sources: 6 Tynwald Street