The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private W A Bishop

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Private William Alfred BISHOP, G11904, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds, Flanders, France, 13th July 1916.

Born Maidstone, Kent, son of William & Rose Bishop.

1911 Census - 85 Temple Street, Strood - William Bishop, head, age 41, married, chalk labourer, digger, born Rotherhithe; Rose Bishop, wife, age 39, married 20 years, 9 children, all still alive, born Yalding, Kent; William Bishop, son, age 17, single, born Ditton, Kent; Amy Bishop, daughter, age 15, single, born Strood, Kent; Lilian Bishop, daughter, age 13, born Strood, Kent; Nellie Bishop, daughter, age 11, born Strood, Kent; Herbert Bishop, son, age 9, born Strood, Kent; Rosalie Bishop, daughter, age 6, born Strood, Kent; Maggie Bishop, daughter, age 4, born Strood, Kent; Bennie Bishop, son, age 1, born Strood, Kent.

Enlisted Chatham, Kent, age 22, height 5ft 6¾ inches, weight 136lbs, right inguinal hernia, to be supplied with a truss. Resided 85 Temple Street, Strood, Kent. Formerly labourer.

26th November 1915, enlisted; 27th November 1915, to Army Reserve; 24th January 1916, mobilized; 26th January 1916, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 19th February 1916, Chatham, absent from the 7.00am Parade, 3 days confined to Barracks; 22nd February 1916, Chatham, absent from 7.00 Parade, 7 days confined to Barracks; 10th March 1916, Chatham, absent from 9.30am until 6.15am on 11th inst. deprived of 4 days pay, forfeits 2 days pay; 24th March 1916, Chatham, losing by neglect, one rifle, 7 days confined to Barracks; 4th April 1916, Chatham, absent from Defaulter Roll Call at 6.00am, 6.30am, 7.00am, 8.00am, 8.30am & 9.00am, 10 days Field Punishment No.2.; 15th April 1916, posted 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment & embarked; 19th April 1916, Etaples 24 General Hospital, hernia; 24th May 1916, discharged to Convalescent Camp; 11th June 1916, posted 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 13th June 1916, joined 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, In the Field; 13th July 1916, wounded & missing.

Buried at Peronne Road Cemetery, Maricourt, I.C.13., Somme, France.

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