Photo: Brian Chandler

In Seaton Valley (Earsdon) Cemetery is a family headstone which is difficult to read:

In loving memory of
Jean
Beloved wife of Edward Bridges
Who died ….. aged ?90 years
Also James
?beloved son of the above
. . . . . . . Royal Oak
Oct 14th 1939 aged 16 years
The above Edward Bridges
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

On the slab below
Also Elizabeth
Their daughter
And a dear Mother & Grandma
Died 23rd July 1963
Aged 62 years
Beloved wife of
Jack R. Patterson.

James Bridges is remembered in Shiremoor on S21.01, in West Allotment on W102.02 and on our List of Ships’ crews

H.M.S. Royal Oak inc. Roll of Honour
The CWGC entry for Boy 1st Class Bridges