Corporal Eldridge was a patient at Beechland House in 1916. His
entry in Nurse Oliver’s comprises a pen illustration of two pigs, underneath which he has written:
The principal inhabitants of Newick.
A A C Eldridge Cpl
Royal Fusiliers
Beechlands 1916
There is too little information contained in his album entry and too many Eldridge possibilities on census
returns, the civil registration birth indices and National Archives’ medal cards to provide a positive match for this
man.