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Surname: BISHOP
Forename(s): Arnold
Place of Birth: Skipton, Yorkshire
Service No: 14750
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: King’s Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 6th (Service) Battalion
Division: 13th (Western) Division
Age: ---
Date of Death: 1916-05-01
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Face B.
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: KIRKEE 1914-1918 MEMORIAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial(s): Not Listed (View Names Not Listed on a Local War Memorial)
Additional Information:
Arnold Bishop was the son of George and Laura Bishop, née Rickard. George was born at Skipton, Yorkshire and Laura at St Ive, Cornwall. Arnold was the cousin of Private Ernest Bishop (266954) (q.v.) and 1st cousin once removed of Private Stephen Bishop (2664) (q.v.).
1891 St Helens, Lancashire Census: 4, Raven Street - Arnold Bishop, aged 2 years, born Skipton, Yorkshire, son of George and Laura Bishop.
1901 Blackpool, Lancashire Census: 9, Lodore Road - Arnold Bishop, aged 12 years, born Skipton, Yorkshire, son of Laura Bishop (married).
1911 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 37, Commercial Street - Arnold Bishop, aged 22 years, born Skipton, son of Laura Bishop (married).
Arnold was married to Lilian G. Parker in 1913.
The British Army Service Record for Arnold Bishop (73) exists but may be incomplete. Arnold served in the 3rd Volunteer Battalion and then transferred to the 6th Bn Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) when the Territorial Force was created in 1908.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Arnold Bishop, 14750, R. Lanc. R. Theatre of War first served in: (5A) Asiatic. Date of entry therein: 13.6.15. D. of W.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Arnold Bishop, 14750, 6 R. Lanc. R.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Arnold Bishop, 14750, 6th Batt Royal Lancs. Reg. Date and Place of Death: 1.5.16. I.E.F., at sea "HS Varela" wounds. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Widow Sole Legatee - Mrs Lilian Bishop. £6 10s. 0d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for Arnold. Name(s) on card(s): Widow: Lillian, born 23.7.89. Address: 9, Elizabeth Street, Blackpool. Children: Arnold George, born 3.3.15.
Arnold was originally buried in Bombay (Sewri) Cemetery. He was one of 629 servicemen whose remains were reinterred in a mass grave in the grassed area between the Kirkee 1914-1918 Memorial and the Cross of Sacrifice in 1962.
Data Source: Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-19 Records
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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---
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Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: King’s Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 13th (Western) Division
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