Name
Arthur Bridle
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
21/08/1915
35
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Trooper
1651
Hertfordshire Yeomanry
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
GREEN HILL CEMETERY
II. C. 24.
Turkey (including Gallipoli)
Headstone Inscription
Ever Remembered
UK & Other Memorials
Gilston War Memorial, Hertfordshire Yeomanry Memorial, St Albans Cathedral
Pre War
Son of Simeon and Elizabeth Bridle of Yeovilton, Arthur was born in Somerset in 1880. In 1911, he was living in Stables, Gilston Park, near Harlow, Essex, working as a Groom / Domestic.
Wartime Service
The 1/1 Hertfordshire Yeomanry were in Gallipoli as part of the 2nd Mounted Division in August 1915. On 21st August, the 29th Division and 11th Division with the 2nd Mounted Division in reserve took part in an attack on the Suvla Plain.
At 4pm the 2nd Mounted Division were called forward to attack Scimitar Hill, although they reached the slopes of Scimitar Hill they had to withdraw that night. In total, the three Divisions suffered 5,300 casualties, Killed, Wounded and Missing. Arthur may have been one of the men killed in this attack.
Removed from Salt Lake Cemetery and reburied in 1920.
His body was recovered after the war from a smaller cemetery and reburied in Green Hill Cemetery after the Armistice when isolated graves and small cemeteries were 'concentrated' into larger and more practical locations.
He was awarded the 1914 / 1915 Star, Victory and War Service Medal.
Additional Information
Gilston Park was owned by Arthur S Bowlby, two of his younger brothers were killed in The Great War and are also commemorated on the Memorial, as is Joseph Debnem (Debman) who also lived in the Stables.
Acknowledgments
Andrew Palmer
Gareth Hughes, Anthony Hodgkins, Andrew Palmer
