BORN HULL 1878. SON OF HENRY W BRIDGER & ANN AMELIA GOFFIN, OF HULL. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND SIX SISTERS. HIS MOTHER DIED IN 1896 WHEN HE WAS NINETEEN.
HE MARRIED LILY SMITH IN 1899. THEY LIVED AT 215 WATERLOO STREET (1901 CENSUS), AND 41 ALICIA STREET (1911 CENSUS). HE WORKED AS A JOINER FOR A FUNERAL DIRECTOR. HE MARRIED AGAIN IN 1913. HIS SECOND WIFE, VIOLETTE MAY WILSON, (BORN 28/6/1880), LIVED AT 97, WESTBOURNE STREET, WOODCOCK STREET, HULL, (CWGC ADDRESS) AND 4, COLENSO STREET, ST GEORGES ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). THEY HAD TWO CHILDREN, GLADYS WILSON AND ARTHUR LEONARD.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS A SAPPER WITH THE 529TH EAST RIDING ENGINEERS. KILLED IN ACTION ON 28/03/1918, AGED 40.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 04/09/1918.
HE IS BURIED AT BELLACOURT MILITARY CEMETERY, RIVIERE, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE EAST RIDING ROYAL ENGINEERS, MEMORIAL, AT HULL MINSTER. HE IS ALSO RECORDED ON ST JOHN THE BAPTIST WW1 MEMORIAL, NEWINGTON, HULL.
