Sergeant Walter Stroyan Bridge

Army Number: 27867

Battalion: 17th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born in Nottingham and lived at Hyson Green, Nottingham. Son of Harriett Bridge, of Walls Green Ashford in the Water, Derbyshire. Brother of Mr F. Bridge, of 7, Hazelwood Road, Hyson Green, Nottingham. He was a baker prior to enlisting at Nottingham. He was killed in action, 1st August 1916, during a raid on the German trenches at Givenchy, France. 

Buried : Gorre British and Indian Cemetery, France. Plot 2. Row E. Grave 18.

Sergeant Walter Stroyan Bridge is also commemorated on the following memorials:-
Holy Trinity Church War Memorial, Ashford in the Water, Derbyshire. 
Ashford in the Water, Memorial Institute Roll of Honour, Ashford in the Water, Derbyshire. 
Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.