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Private George Ewart Bishop
British Army 17th Battalion Royal Fusiliers
from:27 Asylum Cottages, Chartham, Kent
(d.12 Apr 1918)
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission gives his age as 19 years when he met his death on 12th April 1918. Records say that he was shot and taken prisoner, but died of his injuries. There is a grave (IV.C.5) for him in Niederzwehren Cemetry,Germany.
Pte. George Ewart Bishop
British Army 17th Btn. Royal Fusiliers
from:Chartham, Kent
(d.12th Apr 1918)
My Grandfather, Alfred Osborne, passed away in 2011 aged 96. It is believed that George Ewart Bishop was his true Father, and may well have gone to war totally unaware that he had got a young local girl pregnant, my Great Grandmother. My Grandad was brought up by her mother and father as if he had been their child, as an illegitimate child (one born out of wedlock) was shameful in those days. My Grandad grew up thinking that his Mum was just his much older sister. Only in more recent years has all this been discovered, and I would love to find any other relations with information on George Ewart Bishop of 27 Asylum Cottages, Chartham Downs, Canterbury, Kent. Perhaps there is even a regimental photo of him?
Pte. George Bishop
British Army 4th Btn. Essex Regiment
from:Southminster
(d.27th Sep 1917)
Sgt. George Bishop
Australian Imperial Forces 42nd Bn
from:Linville, Queensland
(d.14th Feb 1917)
Sgt. George Harry Bishop
British Army 27th Brigade Royal Field Artillery
from:Regents Park, London
(d.21st Apr 1917)
Pte Harry Bishop
British Army 1st Battalion Cameron Highlanders
from:Moreton, Dorset
(d.24th February 1917)
Pte. Herbert Doughty Bishop
British Army 2/5th Btn. West Yorkshire Regiment
from:Arthington, Leeds
Herbert Bishop served with the West Yorkshire Regiment, along with his brother Charles and nephew Maurice. Another brother, Abel, served with the Yorkshire Hussars.
Pte. Herbert Victor Bishop
British Army 8th Btn. East Kent Regiment
Herbert Victor Bishop served with 8th Btn. East Kent Regiment and was gassed (not known where), he died as result in 1933.
Spr. John Frederick Bishop
British Army 250th Tunnelling Company Royal Engineers.
from:8, Knowsley Road, Battersea, London
(d.17th Jun 1916)
Pte. John Charles Bishop
British Army 9th Btn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
from:Dublin
(d.21st Nov 1916)
John Charles Bishop was the son of Mrs. F. Bishop, of 2, Anglesea Avenue, Blackrock, Co. Dublin.
Pte. Peter Bishop
British Army 2nd Btn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers
from:Dublin
(d.20th May 1915)
Peter Bishop was the brother of Patrick Bishop, of 24, The Coombe, Dublin. He served with the Royal Dublin Fusiliers 2nd Battalion and was killed in action in May 1915 in Flanders aged 41. He is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.
Pte. T. Bishop
Army Durham Light Infantry
Pte. Thomas Bishop
British Army 4th Btn. Royal Irish Regiment
from:Cashel, Co. Tipperary
(d.25th March 1915)
Thomas Bishop was aged 61 when he died and is buried in the middle of the Cashel (St. John the Baptist) Catholic Churchyard in Cashel, Co. Tipperary, Ireland.
Pte. William James Bishop
British Army 1st/4th Btn. Dorsetshire Regiment
from:Wool, Dorset.
(d.23rd Dec 1916)
William Bishop died on 23rd December 1916, aged 22. His name is inscribed on the Kirkee War Memorial in Kirkee Cemetery, India. He was the son of W. F. and Annie Frances Jane Bishop of 7 Station Rd., Wool, Dorset.
Pte. William Charles Bishop
British Army 12th (Service) Btn. Manchester Regiment
from:Hedon East Yorkshire
(d.10th Nov 1917)
Pte. Stephen Bishopp MM.
British Army 17th Battalion Royal Fusiliers
from:Wembley
(d.7th May 1918 )
Stephen Bishopp died in a POW camp.
L/Bmbdr. Daniel James Bishton
British Army 38th Heavy Battery Royal Garison Artilery
from:Wheaton, Staffordshire
(d.27th Dec 1918)
Daniel Bishton died from his wounds in the 1st South General Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham.
Cpl. Richard Thomas Bispham
British Army 144th Field Battery Royal Field Artillery
from:Sheffield
Bombardier Samuel Elisha Bissell
British Army 284th Seige Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Wednesbury
(d.20th October 1917)
Pte. Thomas Bisset
British Army 19th Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Newcastle upon Tyne
(d.1st Oct 1915)
Thomas Bisset was killed in action on the 1st of October 1915. Aged 26 years, it is believed he was attached to 2nd Btn Northumberland Fusiliers at the time of his death. He is remembered on the Loos Memorial, son of James and Christina K. Bisset, of 4 Cookson St, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
From the 19th Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers Roll of Honour.
Rflmn. Alfred Bissmire
British Army 13th Btn. Rifle Brigade
Alfred Bissmire served for two years and seven months in the 13th Btn. Rifle Brigade. He then enlisted into the 4th Btn. when the 13th was disbanded. This Btn. went to Quetta, Karachi, India. He returned after three years and was demobbed in 1922. He died in 1975 aged 81.
Alfred was born in Hoxton Old Town, London in 1894. His family had five sons in France during the war. One brother, Harry Bissmire, was killed during the Somme battle in 1916 serving with the 7th Essex Regiment.
Ralph Aisthorpe Bisson
Merchant Marine Service
from:Mexborough, South Yorkshire
Ralph Bisson's ship was docked in New York when the war ended.
Pte Harry George Biswell
British Army 11th Battalion Essex Regiment
from:Leverstock Green, Hertfordshire
(d.6th May 1916)
Pte. Ernest John Biterlich
British Army 14th Btn. Welsh Regiment
from:Swansea
(d.28th Feb 1918)
Ernest Bitterlich, known by his middle name of John or Jack, was born in Islington, London in 1882. He time-served a six-year plasterer's apprenticeship with his father. When he was aged 27 he fell in love with 19-year-old Gertie Ella Norris, moved to Swansea to marry her, and moved in with his in-laws in Swansea. They had a son, Arthur Joseph Henry in 1913.
Jack signed up for service on 10th October 1914 in Swansea, but was discharged after 101 days as "Likely to become an inefficient Soldier". I have a copy of his Short Service Attestation Certificate (Enlistment) Details: "1 child, 1 wife, 6 years apprenticed to father as Plasterer, British. No criminal record, age 31 years 5 months. 5' 7.5" tall 125 lbs 35", chest +2" expansion. Fresh complexion. Blue eyes. Light brown hair. C of E, 5 tattoo marks L arm, 2 Tattoo marks right arm, mole in middle of back. Declared Fit for Army joined Swansea Battalion Welsh Regiment Oct 10th 1914. Discharged 101 Days later on 18/1/15 Reason: "Likely to become an inefficient Soldier" signed C/O 14th Welsh."
He fathered a daughter, Gertie and then joined up again on 13th December 1915. Jack served with 23rd Welsh Pioneers until 6th April 1916. He was invalided out to a London hospital. His wife and daughter visited, but his daughter recalled that he never came home and they rarely visited, she speculates that her mother divorced him (she did not, she is listed as a widow in his will, but remarried quickly). He was awarded a badge and a Silver War Medal, possibly suffered from shell-shock or gas. He never recovered and died 28th February 1918 Stratford, West Ham. I am still learning about him. His great grandad was a Polish sailor and his daughter Gertie was my partner's nan.
Pte. Lewis Bithell
British Army 8th Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment
from:64 Ada Rd, Smethwick, Birmingham
(d.18th Oct 1917)
Lewis Bithell had joined up around May 1916 with the Leicestershire Regiment before being drafted to the 8th Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment in July 1916.
At 3pm on Wednesday 10th of October 1917 his battalion left Whitemill Camp, Elverdinghe and dug in at Namur Crossing in readiness for the attack. The attack commenced at 5.25am on the day of his death, 18th October, with many junior officers being immediately killed by machine gun fire. Almost leaderless the battalion took their objectives by 11am and consolidated their gains. The attack cost the battalion 18 officers and 340 other ranks killed, wounded or missing.
Pte. Ernest John Bitterlich
British Army 23rd Btn. (Welsh Pioneers) Welsh Regiment
from:24 Thomas St. Swansea
(d.28th Feb 1918 )
Ernest John Biterlich, known as John or Jack, was born May 1882 or 83 in Islington, Middlesex. His great Grandar was a Polish sailor. Jack was a plasterer having served a 6 year apprenticeship with his father. Aged 27 he fell in love with 19 year old Gertrude Ella Norris and married her, moving in with his in-laws in Swansea. The census of April 2nd 1911 shows "Ernest John Biterlich, plasterer/builder working for an employer, lived at 1 Thomas Street Swansea, with his wife Gertrude Ellen Biterlich, daughter of Head of Household aged 21, their son Ernest Biterlich 9 months old". They lived with her parents: Joseph Norris aged 57 who is described as an Employer, working as an Assisting Agent for an Auctioneer with his wife, Sarah a dressmaker in own account. The house had 4 rooms including the kitchen and housed 6 adults and a baby of 9 months; Jack + wife Gertie + son Ernest, Father-in-law Joseph Norris & his wife Sarah, plus Thos. J Norris, their unmarried children, 18 year old son and 23yr. old daughter Sarah Annie Norris.
Baby Ernest died in infancy. Jack & Gertrude had 3 babies that didn't survive prior to having their son, Arthur Joseph Henry Biterlich in 1913 followed by daughter Gertie in 1915 at 24 Thomas Street, Swansea.
Jack signed up for Service October 10th 1914 in Swansea, to the 14th Swansea Battalion. His Short Service Attestation Certificate (Enlistment) gives his details: his first reg. no. was 17354. Age 31 years +5 months, 5' 7.5" tall, 125 lbs, 35" chest +2" expansion. Fresh complexion Blue eyes Light brown hair. 5 tattoo marks L arm, 2 Tattoo marks right arm, mole in middle of back. Church of England. 1 wife, 1 child, Trade: Plasterer, British, No criminal record. Declared Fit for Army, he joined Swansea Battalion Welsh Regiment Oct 10th 1914. However he was discharged 101 Days later on 18/1/15: Reason: Likely to become an inefficient Soldier. Signed by C/O 14th Welsh.
Whilst back home in Swansea he fathered a daughter, Gertrude Louvain Bitterlich, and then re-Enlisted on 13/12/15. He served in France with 23rd Welsh Pioneers until on 6/4/16 he was invalided out to a London hospital. His daughter Gertie recalled that he never came home again, they rarely visited him in the hospital as it was so far away. He suffered with possibly either Shell-shock or Gas? The family myth is that he was at The Somme but I have no evidence if he was. He never recovered from his War & died in February 1918. He was awarded a badge & Silver War Medal.
His wife remarried two years later. His daughter Gertie grew up in Swansea, married a sign-writer, Stanley Broad, in St Albans and they had a daughter, Sylvia. Gertie later returned to Wales as a widow and she died in Llanarth in 2002. She has one grandson & six great-grandchildren including 2 great-grand-daughters born & bred in Ffarmers, Caio, Carmarthenshire.
Sig. P. Bittleston
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve HMS Almanzora
(d.7th July 1918)
Signalman Bittleston is buried in the Santos (Filosofia) Cemetery in Brazil.
Sig. P. Bittleston
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve HMS Almanzora
(d.7th July 1918)
Signalman P. Bittleston was buried in the Santos (Filosofia) Cemetery in Brazil, Grave VI. A. 677.
Rflmn. Charles Bixby
British Army 17th Btn Kings Royal Rifle Corps
from:London
(d.19th Dec 1916)
Lt John Richard "Jack" Blabey
British Army 17th Btn King's Liverpool Regiment
from:The Priory, Watergate Lane, Woolton, Liverpool
Jack Blabey was my maternal grandfather. In 1914, he was an upper sixth former at Liverpool College, where he had served in the Officers' Training Corps from 1911, reaching the rank of Corporal OTC. Along with OTC colleagues, Jack volunteered on 1914-08-28, at Lord Derby's invitation to form a 'Battalion of Pals'. Such was the uptake that three Battalions of Liverpool Pals (the first of the Pals Battalions) were provided for on that day.
Jack, however, was under-age, as the Attestation age for active service was 18 years and 6 months. However, Jack's name was taken and, in October, Jack received his papers to attend for duty.
By then, the first three Battalions were provided for, so he enlisted into the 20th Battalion - the '4th City Pals'.
The Pals Battalions spent months acquiring soldierly skills, and were short of officers. As OTC members, Jack and his colleagues knew much and were deemed to have officer-lie qualities. He was trained and commissioned into the 17th Battalion (1st City Pals) as a Second Lieutenant, KLR in February 1915.
Training of the Liverpool Pals Brigade was completed at Knowsley, Belton Park and Larkhill, before the Brigade was deployed to France, in the Somme sector, in November 1915.
The Liverpool Pals served with distinction in the Battle of the Somme, achieving their objectives on the first day, seizing the village of Montauban, with the 17th, 19th and 20th Battalions suffering relatively few casualties.
The 18th Btn suffered heavy casualties and required refitting before further service. Later in the battle, the Liverpool Pals were back in action, in an attempt to move forwards and take the village of Gillemonte, attacking over open ground and with German machine gunners firing from an enfilade on the left. As the attack progressed on 30th July, Jack suffered a serious head wound, when a German machine gunner sighted his platoon moving. Fortunately, he had his helmet pushed back as he scanned the horizon with his binoculars and his Brodie helmet stopped the bullet; however several shards of the helmet, which shattered, pierced the back of Jack's skull and knocked him out. He was found by his soldiers and recovered back to a field hospital, from where he was evacuated for a series of operations, over the next three months, to remove most of the shrapnel.
Jack was pronounced medically fit for active service in April 1917 and, in view of the seriousness of his wound, sent to a quiet front - the Macedonian Front, at Salonika. This was far from quiet, however, and Jack fought with the 14th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment, including the action around Doiran and was wounded, once more, on active service, and also caught malaria. He was hospitalised and evacuated back to Britain, in August 1918.
In view of his injuries and malaria, Jack was no longer fit for overseas service, so was sent to help training with the 3rd Battalion KLR, then posted to their barracks in Cork.
So, while his First World War was over, he soon became tied up with the Anglo-Irish War, in which he lost two friends - but that is another story. Jack was demobbed in 1919, retaining his rank as Lieutenant.
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