Second Lieutenant Samuel Ernest Bridgwater

Army Number: n/a (formerly 844 York Rangers)

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

Born at Dudley, Worcestershire and lived at Weston-Super-Mare,  Son of Samuel Alfred and Elizabeth Bridgwater, of 65, Clifton Road, Weston-Super-Mare; Husband of Louise Bridgwater, of 80 Middlewood Road, Hillsborough, Sheffield.  He was posted to the 16th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment, 18th June 1915 and joined the 15th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment. during early 1916. He was killed in action, 30th March 1916, aged 42. whilst in the line near Fauquissart section, near Estaires, France. 

Buried : Royal Irish Rifles Graveyard, Laventie, France. Plot 2. Row D. Grave 5.