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The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
Fred Bridger, son of Benjamin Philip Bridger, farm labourer and Alice Bridger [Funnell]
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Date
Type
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Source
 
1893
Born
At Stone Cross in the Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex
Rotherfield Parish Registers
 
9th July 1893
Christened
At St. Denys Church in the Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex; son of Philip Bridger (labourer) and Alice Bridger
Rotherfield Parish Registers
 
2nd April 1911
Census
At Harlequin Lane, South View in the Parish of Crowborough, Sussex; Fred Bridger, M, Son, single, age 18, born Crowborough, Sussex; occupation: jobbing gardener
1911 Census
Crowborough, Sussex
 
18th December 1916
Died
In the Country of Belgium; killed in action aged 24 years
© Roll of Honour web site
 
After 18th December 1916
Buried
At Ridge Wood Military Cemetery in the Country of Belgium
© Roll of Honour web site
 
Crowborough War Memorial Roll of Honour - Bridger F. Private
Fred Bridger (1891-1916) - Private 25334, East Surrey Regiment, 12th Battalion. Killed in action 18 December 1916. Aged 24. Born Crowborough, enlisted Chichester. Son of Mr and Mrs. P. Bridger, of 'Spring Head', South View, Crowborough. Formerly 2686, Middlesex Regiment. Buried in Ridge Wood Military Cemetery, Belgium. Plot III. Row U. Grave 3.

Ancestor's report
No descendent's report
Bridger, Bridgen, Bridgers, Brydger family records
The ancestral pedigree of Fred Bridger
   
1st marriageAlfred Bridger
farm labourer
m: 20th Oct 1836 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, SussexPhiladelphia Bridger 
 b: 1814 Benenden, Kent  b: 26th Mar 1817 Town Row Green, Rotherfield, Sussex
ch: 22nd Jun 1817 St. Denys Church
d: Nov 1859 Rotherfield, Sussex
bur: 17th Nov 1859 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex
 
  
       
 Harriet Ansley Frederick Nimrod Benjamin Philip George Ellen Rhoda
 b: 1837 Rotherfield, Sussex
ch: 15th Jan 1837 St. Denys Church
 b: 14th Jun 1839 Rotherfield, Sussex
ch: 14th Jul 1839 St. Denys Church
 b: 11th Mar 1842 Rotherfield, Sussex
ch: 5th Mar 1843 St. Denys Church
 b: 21st Jan 1845 Rotherfield, Sussex
ch: 6th Apr 1845 St. Denys Church
 b: 11th Sep 1847 Rotherfield, Sussex
ch: 7th Nov 1847 St. Denys Church
 b: 1st Aug 1850 Rotherfield, Sussex
ch: 1st Sep 1850 St. Denys Church
 b: 1852 Rotherfield, Sussex
ch: 5th Dec 1852 St. Denys Church
           
Grandfather
record
   
   
   
 Benjamin Philip Bridger
farm labourer
m: Apr to Jun 1885Alice Funnell 
 b: 21st Jan 1845 Rotherfield, Sussex
ch: 6th Apr 1845 St. Denys Church
  b: 1866 Southborough, Kent 
  
        
Rhoda Florence Ella Albert Fred Alfred Alice May Constance Winnifred Quintus Roy
b: 1886 Stitches, Eridge Green, Sussex
ch: 30th May 1886 Holy Trinity Church
 b: 12th Dec 1887 Jarvis Brook, Sussex
ch: 1st Jul 1888 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex
 b: 1890 Stone Cross, Rotherfield, Sussex
ch: 13th Apr 1890 Crowborough Chapel [a.k.a. All Saints Church], Crowborough, Sussex
 b: 1893 Stone Cross, Rotherfield, Sussex
ch: 9th Jul 1893 St. Denys Church
d: 18th Dec 1916 Belgium
bur: After 18th Dec 1916 Ridge Wood Military Cemetery, Belgium
 b: 1896 Stone Cross, Rotherfield, Sussex
ch: 11th Oct 1896 St. Denys Church
 b: 1898 Crowborough, Sussex
ch: 14th Aug 1898 Crowborough Chapel [a.k.a. All Saints Church]
 b: 1900 Crowborough, Sussex b: 1905 Crowborough, Sussex
        
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record

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