Colonel James Whiteside Bridges CBE, (15 July 1863 – 26 February 1930) was the seventh Canadian Surgeon General.
A permanent force officer, prior to the First World War, Lt.-Col. Bridges had been responsible for military medical services in the Montreal area since 1910.
After a full year in France, he returned to England, where he was briefly posted as Senior Medical Officer for the Billeting Area.
[1] Following a six-week leave to Canada, Bridges was appointed Inspector of Canadian Hospitals in England from July to October 1916.
In pursuit of this goal, Col. Bridges served successively over the next two years as Assistant Director of Medical Services for the Brighton, Witley, Shorncliffe and Bramshott areas.