BORN HULL 1890. SON OF WILLIAM BRIDGES (1860-1938) AND MARY ELLEN MAXWELL (1862-1961), AT 19, NICHOLSON STREET, HULL. (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF A NEWSAGENT. ONE OF SIX CHILDREN. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. CHARLES WORKED AS A FLOUR MILL LABOURER IN HULL. LATER HE MOVED AND LIVED IN URMSTON, MANCHESTER, WHERE HE ENLISTED IN THE L […]
