BISHTON Andrew

  • First Name(s):
    Andrew 
  • Surname:
    BISHTON
  • Service Number:
    R1231
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Support Services
  • Corps:
    Royal Army Veterinary Corps
  • Former Units:
    Transferred to (586715) 627th Agricultural Company Labour Corps
  • Date of Death:
    1st May 1919
  • Age At Death:
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Holt (St Martin) Churchyard, Special Memorial. [Gravestone in Pershore Cemetery marked 'Buried in St Martin's Churchyard Holt]
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:
    Unknown
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BISHTON Andrew Is Named On These Memorials

Holt St Martin’s Church
Pershore Cemetery

Further Information About BISHTON Andrew

N.B. Please note that the Commission is in the process of erecting a special memorial to commemorate this casualty as it is not possible to mark his actual grave.

United Parish Magazine, Holt:
June 1919
Burials Andrew Bishton aged 24 years
Walter Sampson aged 35 years

Two more deaths of young men show how dangerous Influenza may be, if it really is influenza and not a foreign malady brought home from service

Further information on Andrew Bishton can be found via the following link:  http://www.greglewin.co.uk/Memorial/biographies/68.php

The grave photograph available is of the gravestone in Pershore Cemetery.

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