Editing Harold Bride (section)

==Early life==
Harold Bride was born in [[Nunhead]], [[London]], England,<ref name="Harold Bride">{{cite news|title=Wireless Man of Titanic Describes Wreck of Vessel|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026749/1912-04-19/ed-1/seq-5/#date1=1836&index=0&rows=20&words=Belfast+Titanic&searchType=basic&sequence=0&state=&date2=1922&proxtext=Titanic+Belfast&y=12&x=16&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1|access-date=18 May 2015|newspaper=The Washington Times|date=19 April 1912}}</ref> in 1890 to Arthur Bride and Mary Ann Lowe. The youngest of five children, Bride lived with his family in [[Bromley]]. Between 1903 and 1922 the family lived in Ravensbourne Avenue, [[Shortlands]] and is commemorated with a [[blue plaque]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.bromley.gov.uk/directory-record/26/harold-bride-1890-1956|title= Harold Bride (1890-1956)|website=bromley.gov.uk|accessdate=18 February 2023}}</ref> After primary school, Bride decided he wanted to become a [[wireless]] operator and he worked in his family's business to help pay for training. He completed training for the [[Marconi Company]] in July 1911. Working for Marconi, his first sea assignment as a wireless operator was on the {{SS|Haverford}};<ref name="Harold Bride" /> later he worked on the ''Beaverford'', the ''LaFrance'', the [[RMS Lusitania|''Lusitania'']],<ref name="Harold Bride" /> and the ''Anselm''.