Private Squire Bridge

Army Number : 25130

Battalion : 15th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born and lived at Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire. Son of Joseph and Mary Squire, of 6 Mount Street, Ashton-under-Lyne. He was a cotton spinner prior to enlisting at Ashton-under-Lyne. Killed in action, 23rd August 1916, whilst serving in Maltz Horn Trench, near Guillemont, France, during the Battle of the Somme. 

Buried : Guillemont Road Cemetery, Guillemont, France. Plot 2. Row 1. Grave 6.

Private Squire Bridge is also commemorated on the following memorials:-
Ashton-under-Lyne War Memorial, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire..