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The War Memorial for Coagh (N Ireland), - First World War Names (1)
Photo : Friends
of the Somme Mid-Ulster Branch
The Coagh War Memorial was unveiled on 26 May 2013. It stands at the junction
of Main Street, Coagh, and the B160.
There are 51 names from the First World War commemorated on this memorial,
including one woman, and 8 names from the Second World War.
One soldier of the Yorkshire Regiment is commemorated on this memorial.
We are very grateful to Chris Hunter from the Friends of the Somme Mid-Ulster Branch website for permission to use photographs of the memorial, together with the biographical details of the Yorkshire Regiment soldier.
Sergeant William Robert Bridgett. 3/8605. 6th Battalion the Yorkshire
Regiment. Son of James and Matilda Bridgett, of Tamlaght, Co. Tyrone; Husband
of Esther Bridgett, of 41, Victoria Rd., Darlington. Killed 12 December 1915.
Aged 37.
Born Tamlacht (Co. Tyrone), Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided Darlington.
Buried HILL 10 CEMETERY.
The following biographical information is provided on the
Friends of the Somme Mid-Ulster Branch website on Private Bridgett;-
Sergeant William R. Bridgett was the second son of James and Matilda Bridgett,
Tamlaght, Coagh, later of Coagh Street, Cookstown, and husband of Esther Bridgett,
41 Victoria Road, Darlington, County Durham. William Bridgett had previously
served with the Inniskilling Fusiliers during the Boer War in South Africa
and his brother Alfred was killed at Middleburg, Transvaal in 1901. William
joined the Yorkshire Regiment, enlisting in Middlesbrough, at the outbreak
of the First World War, and married his wife, Esther, in May 1915. William
was killed in action in Gallipoli on 12th December 1915.
The War Memorial for Coagh (N Ireland), - First World War Names (2)
Photo : Friends
of the Somme Mid-Ulster Branch
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