Lance Corporal Thomas Bridgewater

Army Number: 13453

Battalion: 2nd Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Tupton, Derbyshire. Sister of Ann Meads, of 32 Chapman  Lane Grassmoor, Derbyshire. He was a coal miner prior to enlisting on 23rd August 1914 at Clay Cross, Derbyshire. He went to France on 18th March 1915 and was appointed Lance Corporal on 20th May 1917. He was accidentally killed on 2nd July 1917.

Buried: Lievin Communal Cemetery Extension, France. Plot 1. Row D. Grave 17.

Lance Corporal Thomas Bridgewater is also commemorated on the following memorials:-
St. Bartholomews Church War Memorial, Clay Cross, Derbyshire.