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Military service
Age:
54
Rank:
Major General
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Australian Infantry, A.I.F
Division:
1st Divisional Headquarters
Birth:
February 18, 1861
Greenock, Scotland
Enlistment:
Quebec, Québec
Death:
May 18, 1915
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
(GRM/2)
Additional information
Memorial at Mt Pleasant Lookout Duntroon Military College, Lake Burley Griffin, Russell Hill, Australia.
Additional citations
Knight Commander of the Order of Bath, Companion of the Order of St Michael and St. George
Digital gallery of Major General William Thorseby Bridges
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Plaque
Major General Sir William Thorseby Bridges obtained his M.Q. certificate at the Royal Military College of Canada Cadet number 25 from 1877-9. His name is listed on the memorial arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario. -
Memorial Doll
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 25 MGen Sir William Thorseby Bridges (RMC 1887) studied at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston. He served with the Australian Infantry, A.I.F 1st Divisional Headquarters. He died on May 18, 1915 at 54 years of age. He is remembered in a Memorial at Mt Pleasant Lookout Duntroon Military College, Australia. -
Stained Glass Window
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 25 MGen Sir William Thorseby Bridges (RMC 1887) studied at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston. He served with the Australian Infantry, A.I.F 1st Divisional Headquarters. He died on May 18, 1915 at 54 years of age. He is remembered in a Memorial at Mt Pleasant Lookout Duntroon Military College, Australia. -
Memorial Arch
Honour Roll, Memorial Arch, Royal Military College of Canada -
Memorial Stair
Memorial stair, Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario
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Major General William Thorseby Bridges
Digital gallery of
Major General William Thorseby Bridges
Digital gallery of
Major General William Thorseby Bridges
Digital gallery of
Major General William Thorseby Bridges
Digital gallery of
Major General William Thorseby Bridges
Digital gallery of
Major General William Thorseby Bridges
Digital gallery of
Major General William Thorseby Bridges
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 566 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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DUNTROON MILITARY COLLEGE GROUNDS Australian Capital Territory, Australia
North West Province, Australia
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