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Surname: BISHOP
Forename(s): Ernest
Place of Birth: Skipton, Yorkshire
Service No: 266954
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 2/4th Battalion
Division: 62nd (2/West Riding) Division
Age: 27
Date of Death: 1918-06-16
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: XX. D. 11.
CWGC Cemetery: BIENVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: SKIPTON, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Ernest Bishop was the son of William and Eliza Bishop, née Peacock. Both parents were born at Skipton, Yorkshire. Ernest was the cousin of Private Arnold Bishop (14750) (q.v.) and 1st cousin once removed of Private Stephen Bishop (2664) (q.v.).
1901 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 3, Commercial Street - Ernest Bishop, aged 9 years, born Skipton, son of William Bishop, widower.
1911 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 3, Union Square - Ernest Bishop, aged 18 years, born Skipton. [Ernest was boarding with Hannah Mullarkey.]
The British Army Pension Record for Ernest Bishop exists but may be incomplete. Ernest attested on the 27 August 1914 and was discharged on the 21 September 1914 because of having a hernia.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Ernest Bishop, 266954, W. Rid. R.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Ernest Bishop, 266954, 2/4 W. Rid. R. K. in A. 16.6.18.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Ernest Bishop, 266954, 2/4th Bn W. Riding. Date and Place of Death: 16.6.18. France. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Sister Sole Legatee - Janet. £27 3s. 4d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) for Ernest not found.
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
BISHOP, Ernest, aged 23, West Riding Regt., son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Bishop, of Skipton, killed in action, June 17, 1918.
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Private Ernest BISHOP
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 62nd (2/West Riding) Division
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12 July 1918
BISHOP - Killed in action in France, 16th June, 1918, Private Ernest Bishop, West Riding Regiment, son of the late William and Mrs. Bishop, of Skipton, aged 23 years.
12 July 1918
Private E. Bishop, Skipton
News has been received that Private E. Bishop, West Riding Regiment, whose sister resides at 70, Keighley Road, was killed in action in France on June 16th. Deceased, who enlisted in 1915, was 23 years of age, and had another brother serving in France.
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27 November 1914
SKIPTON PETTY SESSIONS
MUCH BEER AND LITTLE MIND
Ernest Bishop, a young labourer belonging to Skipton, was charged with being drunk and disorderly.
P.C. Batley proved, saying he saw prisoner, who was very disorderly, assume a fighting attitude towards a youth in Belmont Street, on Sunday, at 12-15.
P.C. Garside corroborated, and the Chairman warned prisoner not to again place himself in such a foolish position, fining him 5s. inclusive.
[This article is not proven to be referring to the future Private Ernest Bishop.]
04 December 1914
SKIPTON PETTY SESSIONS
A DISGRACEFUL ASSAULT
Ernest Bishop, a labourer, of Skipton, was summoned at the instance of Elizabeth Biss, for common assault.
The complainant, who resides in Broughton Road, Skipton, said Bishop lodged in the same house as her. Last Saturday night just after 11 o'clock the defendant came in drunk and hit the complainant, knocking her into the fireplace. He hit her on the right side of the jaw, and then on the left side. Mrs. Rain, who lives next door, said that on Saturday night she heard a big thud. She rushed into the house and saw Bishop hitting the floor with a fire shovel. Eventually Bishop hit Elizabeth Biss in the face and knocked her on to the bed. Witness lifted her up, and seeing the defendant afterwards told him he was a coward. He answered "Coward be -."
Wm. W. Russell, who lives at the same house as Bishop, said he saw the defendant knock the complainant into the fireplace twice.
The Chairman remarked that it appeared to have been a most disgraceful assault, and the man would be fined 20s. and costs, or one month in default.
[This article is not proven to be referring to the future Private Ernest Bishop.]
14 September 1917
SKIPTON
ONE OF FIVE BROTHERS
News has been received that Pte.A. Bishop, of the Duke of Wellington's Regiment, was admitted to the Second Stationary Hospital, Abbeville, France, on August 29th, suffering from gun shot wounds in the arm which are described as mild. Prior to joining up Pte. Bishop was employed at Mr. John Delaney's quarries at Skyrethorns. He is the youngest of five brothers who have served during this war, the others being Pioneer W. Bishop, of the 11th Labour Battalion; Pte. George Bishop, of the Duke of Wellington's West Riding Regiment, who was wounded at the Suvla Bay landing in Gallipoli, and is now invalided out of the army; Pte. John Bishop, of the 17th Cheshires; and Pte. Ernest Bishop, of the Duke of Wellington's West Riding Regiment. They are all the sons of the late Mr. William Bishop, chimney sweep, of Skipton.
12 July 1918
BISHOP - Killed in action in France, 16th June, 1918, Pte. Ernest Bishop, West Riding Regiment, son of the late Wm. and Mrs. Bishop, of Skipton, aged 23 years.
12 July 1918
CRAVEN AND THE WAR
Skipton Soldier Killed
Official news has been received that Pte. E. Bishop, West Riding Regiment, brother of Miss Bishop, 70, Keighley Road, Skipton, has been killed in action in France. Pte. Bishop, who was 23 years of age, enlisted in 1915. He has another brother serving in France.
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