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261934

Pte. Arthur Bishop

British Army !st Btn. Manchester Regiment

from:Knott Mill, Manchester

(d.8th Mar 1916)

Arthur Ormrod was born in 1892 to Peter Ormrod and Jane Bishop (nee Lolley) in Salford. He joined the British Army under the name of Arthur Bishop. Arthur had a half-brother called Ben Bishop, who was a grenadier guard and a professional soldier. Arthur probably joined up under the name Bishop to get assigned to the same unit as Ben. Arthur was killed in action at the Battle of Dujailah in Mesopotamia on 8 March 1916.



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