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Military service
Age:
29
Rank:
Third Mate
Force:
Merchant Navy
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Merchant Navy
Division:
S.S. Pontiac (St. John’s, Newfoundland) (115790)
Birth:
November 10, 1887
Douglas, Isle of Man, United Kingdom
Death:
April 28, 1917
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Son of Thomas William Bridson and Lydia Margaret Edwards, of Liverpool, England.
On April 28, 1917, Pontiac was arriving from Karachi, Pakistan, when she was torpedoed by UC-74 70 miles (113 km) north-east of Marsa Souza, Libya, in the Mediterranean, position 34°04'N/22°06'E. Only Bridson was killed. The captain, the chief engineer and two gunners were taken prisoner.
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Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Tower Hill Memorial. The 480 fallen Canadians lost at sea, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Memorial
The tower Hill Memorial is located in London, England at Tower Hill and across from the Tower of London. This Memorial is dedicated to the 50,700 Commonwealth merchant seamen, fishing fleet workers and other on-board crew lost during the First World War. Included on this list are the 480 Canadians that gave their lives in the cause of the Great War. (J. Stephens)
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Third Mate Robert William Bridson
Digital gallery of
Third Mate Robert William Bridson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 14 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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