Bridge Toby Walter 1892-1969

Walter ‘Toby’ Bridge

1892-1969

Father Nm: Lt. Col. Walter Sidney Bridge

Mother Nm: Edith Christie born 1870 Tynemouth

Marriage Dt:27 November 1918 Westminster

K comments: Father was a Lt Col. with 3rd Monmouths in WW1. Son Walter John was a Major in WW2.

Spouse comments: Marion Beryl Blencowe [4333] born 1890 Bury St. Edmunds S.Q. died 1975.

Children: Walter John Blencowe Bridge 1920-2013 , George Michael Bridge 1929–2009

(Research): GR[B] Northampton Dec 1894

Birth 1892

27 NOV 1892 • Aldershot, Hampshire, England

1901 CENSUS

Boarder at School St Andrew, Northumberland, England

1911 CENSUS

WW1

Bridge Walter, Lieutenant, 3rd Monmouth Regiment.

Synopsis

Its likely that Walter didnt go to the front during the war , there is no medal card and this is a good indicator he was UK based during this period. Note the 3rd Bn Monmouth Regiment was disbanded in 1916 and the men of it moved to other battalions of the Regiment. Without records its not possible to know when Walter joined up but he wouldnt have been a Lieutenant without having served some time so it must have been before the 1916 disbandment (he gives the 3rd as his battalion in 1918 and by then it didnt exist). So my speculation is he joined in 1914-15 and in 1916 posted to the the Remounts depot at Ormskirk in lancashire where he was an officer in this Horse training/supply facility.

1916

The anouncement of his engagement to Marion in itself shows he was in England and had served long enough to get a promotion to Lieut.

1917

1918

March. Marriage When he married Marion in Hanover St George Walter was described as a Lieutenant of the 3rd Monmouth Regiment depot based in Ormskirk. Lancs. This was the Lathom Remount Depot where horses were trained for war conditions.
Below is a common scene of the times at Ormskirk Station circa 1915 of horses being unloaded.