BISHOP Alfred

  • First Name(s):
    Alfred 
  • Surname:
    BISHOP
  • Service Number:
    2513
  • Rank:

    Lance Corporal

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Worcestershire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    1st/7th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    21st August 1916
  • Age At Death:
  • Cause of Death:
    Died of wounds
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, France, Pier and Face 5A and 6C.
  • Place of Birth:
    Born and resident Lye, Worcestershire, enlisted Kidderminster
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:
    Unknown
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BISHOP Alfred Is Named On These Memorials

Lye and Wollescote War Memorial
Lye Christ Church Window

Further Information About BISHOP Alfred

Alfred Bishop came from Lye and volunteered for the Worcester Territorials. He joined the 1st/7th Battalion which went to France in the Spring of 1915 and eventually to the Somme front line at Hebuterne. The early months of 1916 included much shelling and the weather was wet. Their task was to prepare for the Battle of the Somme and they went to the front line for the second phase. On the 13th August they took over front line trenches at Ovillers including the important and much fought over Skyline Trench. Their main attack occurred on the 21st August when the fighting continued into the night without gaining new ground. Lance Corporal Alfred Bishop was killed on that day.

Alfred Bishop has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on Thiepval Memorial.

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Credits: Researched by The Black Country Society.